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 750 young leaders since 2009, representing 40 nationalities and a multitude of backgrounds, from economists and designers to researchers and software engineers.
Following the fellowship, 90% of GHC alums continue to work on global health and social justice issues. Nearly 50% receive offers at their placements, and 92% of African fellows work in Africa or pursue graduate school abroad.
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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Are you taking action to achieve #genderequity? You could win a micro-grant to help continue your work. via… https://t.co/6bFVDffcIA
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"Regarding people as having lives of equal worth means recognizing each as having a common core of humanity. Withou… https://t.co/gmFkpwQmBG
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“I’m ready to do my part to amplify and grow our community of #changemakers who lead with love to make… https://t.co/ERsInQ1j1w
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“The private and the public sector must recognize they are both needed to tackle #malaria.” via @Devex @Gloriaspv… https://t.co/oAEFNOwnyP
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"There are different ways to empathize–all of them important. Far more than just showing #kindness, we can all show… https://t.co/54tb0vUMR9
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Rwanda alum Francine Irakoze shares her advice to #nextgen #leaders: "As you prepare to enter the fight for… https://t.co/si37duZHdA
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Big thanks to @GLG for featuring us as a #SocEnt organization tackling health inequities & making a global impact.… https://t.co/jtUu6WoHPV
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RT @SkollFoundation: “Health challenges are global—diseases don’t respect borders.” Global Health Corps’ Barbara Bush on why it makes sense…
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“Sustainable food production, healthy consumption, and the fight against #poverty and #climatechange are matters of… https://t.co/1fmU6w4Fbb
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RT @ETRorg: “I am more than what happened to me, I’m not just my trauma” Reflections on shifting from "trauma informed" to "healing center…
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"Inclusive #leaders not only embrace, value, and provide a sense of belonging to individuals, but they leverage ind… https://t.co/GEyMcr4lXV
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“It became clear to me that it wasn’t success I was seeking. I wanted to make an impact...The only way to do it was… https://t.co/aB5mJCvyXn
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“Perhaps, one sign of progress in #globalhealth is that we have come to see that health is not just a technical iss… https://t.co/PSmmCccB1y
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RT @SkollFoundation: Ready for a little good newspick-me-up? Restore your faith in humanity with the stories of this year's Skoll Awardees…
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Excited to be here! Thanks for having our CEO @dterminel on the show ✨ https://t.co/qlRfnHQ6cw
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In honor of #WorldBloodDonorDay, we’re throwing it back to when our #Uganda fellows organized a blood drive in… https://t.co/PyTWWR9tXy
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Are you a highly motivated young #leader looking to support women’s ability to lead healthy, productive lives? Appl… https://t.co/Z9ixBO94rm
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RT @ghcorps: Our own @fleetwoodjmack on the overuse of acronyms in #globalhealth: “We do ourselves such a disservice by closing away these…
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Our own @fleetwoodjmack on the overuse of acronyms in #globalhealth: “We do ourselves such a disservice by closing… https://t.co/dLLihaLTPV
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“Knowing that #HIV is a disease like another, that helps you to build a system that cares about the health of the p… https://t.co/VJhFMJL5jG