Global Health Corps
Model & Strategy
Global Health Corps improves the quality of healthcare services for the poor and mobilizes a global community of young leaders to build a movement for health equity. In particular, they address the unjust and unsustainable disparity in health outcomes and healthcare access that exists today between the world’s rich and the world’s poor.
Global Health Corps connects outstanding young leaders from the US and developing countries in high-impact, skills-based yearlong fellowships at organizations working for global health equity. Through this work, GHC trains, supports, mentors and connects fellows to create a broad-based network of new inspired leaders in global health.
Barbara Bush, Global Health Corps President, worked for Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Capetown, South Africa and interned for UNICEF in Botswana before working for two years in Educational Programming at the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. She has traveled extensively with the UN World Food Programme, focusing on the importance of nutrition in ARV treatment. Barbara is a member of UNICEF’s Next Generation Steering Committee and is on the Board of Directors for Covenant House International. She is a regular contributor to the UK magazine POP. Barbara Bush graduated from Yale University with a degree in Humanities in 2004.
IMPACT
GHC has trained nearly 1,000 young leaders since 2009, representing 40 nationalities and a multitude of backgrounds, from economists and designers to researchers and software engineers.
Following the fellowship, 95% of GHC alums continue to work on global health and social justice issues. 40% receive offers at their placements, and 88% of African fellows continue to work in Africa following the fellowship.
Global Health Corps News
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Melinda Gates Interviews Barbara Bush on Her No. 1 Priority...HealthcareRecently, Melinda Gates sat down with DRK Entrepreneur, Barbara Bush, to discuss what inspired her to launch Global Health Corps, the women who have contributed to…Apr 2017 -
A Millennial Named BushBarbara Bush joined her father, George W. Bush, on a 2003 trip to Africa and was staggered by the human toll of AIDS in Uganda.…Sep 2015 -
Meet the Non-MDs Solving Systemic Heath Care Problems for Global Health CorpsGlobal Health Corps just sent its latest cohort of fellows to their yearlong posts developing health and social justice solutions in places like Zambia, Malawi…Sep 2015
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"Social programs & protective labor rules could serve as a powerful vaccine against the virus’s feared #economic to… https://t.co/kac8n7uYvt
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RT @ChrisCollinsGVA: "This is the way forward—to focus not only on the pathogens we know but on preparing ourselves for the pathogens we do…
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RT @paimadhu: Join the online conference on decolonizing global health @DecolonizingGl1 on 24th April 2020! After Harvard, Duke, and othe…
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The #COVID19 crisis will end & when it does many nonprofits will be at-risk. Philanthropists can support: check-in,… https://t.co/3mYM5fTb6k
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"The #COVID19 pandemic has taught world leaders a hard lesson: ignore #health & it comes back to haunt you. Politic… https://t.co/0oo8AfqZew
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Without fierce #advocacy, #COVID19 responses will disrupt #TB treatment, research & prevention efforts. The… https://t.co/mf8GIzvgcH
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There’s no better time to rethink status quo approaches in #globalhealth and #globaldev than now. 2019-2020 fellow… https://t.co/PNOujFs4wF
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"By helping [Global South] countries get ready we can save lives & slow the global circulation of the virus" + lead… https://t.co/WkSUHrnuFE
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Weak health systems are a centuries-old challenge. Responding to #COVID19 is testing our leaders to respond swiftly… https://t.co/4nba4O8erm
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RT @HelenBranswell: Pray to all the gods: It really does look like the North Kivu-Ituri #Ebola outbreak is over. What a slog. We owe an eno…
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2017-2018 fellow @matthughsam outlines the difference between #leadership and #authority as #COVID19 is "challengin… https://t.co/R9Bvav9c8o
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“We need to own our limitations. We will not survive this pandemic because of our shortcomings but in spite of them… https://t.co/VG2oIaBlR0
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"It shows the peak of our systemic inequities that certain people can be tested so easily—and not just easily, but… https://t.co/GlCLoCByAT
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RT @CSISAfrica: #COVID19 Daily Africa Update (April 2nd): Malawi reports its first cases, while Rwanda and Sierra Leone declare lockdowns.…
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RT @HezShobiye: My opinion on #COVID19 in Africa: African countries need to play offense with support from within and without. If this does…
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RT @SkollFoundation: If you missed it, no worries! You can still rewatch our broadcast of the 2020 SASE Awards #SkollGoesVirtual
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Congratulations to this yearns Skoll Awardees! Such an inspiring group ⚡️ https://t.co/qmRraK9Yxc
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Alum @temite & founder of @LifeBankNigeria is featured on @Google for her team's instrumental #leadership saving t… https://t.co/UfmAdrtszd