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.
As GHC’s CEO, Heather provides leadership, management, and vision to drive the organization’s mission to mobilize a global community of health equity leaders. Her previous experience spans both public and private sectors, including leadership roles with Planned Parenthood Global, Global Health Strategies and Accenture. She studied business at the University of Michigan and received her MPH from Columbia University.
IMPACT
GHC has trained 1,028 young leaders since 2009, representing 48 nationalities, speaking 45 languages, and bringing a multitude of perspectives to bear on global health challenges. GHC leaders have varied skillsets – they are economists, designers, researchers, finance gurus, software engineers, communications experts, data analysts, and more.
Being part of GHC amplifies alumni impact: 99% attribute their professional achievements in part to GHC involvement.
GHC leaders are committed to transforming health systems over time: 82% of GHC alumni continue to work on global health and social justice issues following the fellowship.
GHC leaders actively collaborate to break down silos and transform health systems: 55 organizations employ more than one GHC alumnus, and 61% of GHC leaders have collaborated with another alumnus in the past year alone.
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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#Technology is evolving worldwide to assist with the increasing demand for contract tracing, information gathering,… https://t.co/TudLQDYWGg
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From improving healthcare to curbing climate change, the @KenanEthics fall series will feature moderated discussion… https://t.co/OrFq2OIQEK
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Asking the questions underneath the questions is "about doing things you've never done before so you can feel, in y… https://t.co/82pUJXgEZE
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RT @lisarussellfilm: Friends and colleagues - in one hour, I'm hosting a FREE arts & storytelling workshop for those interested in #climate…
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RT @melindagates: At the core of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s extraordinary life was a simple conviction: “Women belong,” she said, “in al…
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Rest in power, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a trailblazer & globally renowned advocate for #genderequity. We’re mourning &… https://t.co/QsCpyqwllX
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RT @kansiimeonesmu2: Never in modern history has a disease so clearly demonstrated that health is essential for individual, national, and g…
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RT @HealthGAP: Join us for for this four-week training series on #GlobalHealthJustice! Each Zoom training session will be 1 hour long. Both…
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RT @globalgamechngr: Some prep for #UNGA next week, a cheatsheet for those in charge: What went wrong with #COVID19 by @TheGPMB > https://…
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"We have to think globally and about communities other than our own. It's the right thing to do, but it's also the… https://t.co/kbQNaTHBlU
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Will you be tuning into the #SDGactionzone next week? Now more than ever health leaders need to cultivate solidarit… https://t.co/VPRxRcQ25I
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"Don't assume you've done everything you can do. If you have a diversity & inclusion department, or if you've attem… https://t.co/gFmpShJRvH
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"We must act promptly & in an evidence-based manner to meet the needs of children, asking who needs support, where… https://t.co/AVSE4XyAxe
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"Whether you are trying to improve a process w/in an organization or change how services are provided to communitie… https://t.co/EX9SW6hLMD
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#innovation and #systemsstrengthening at work! @AfricaCDC launched a new web-based tool to increase responsiveness… https://t.co/xxZhkp8Xbd
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Celebrating progress in #health justice today as #Uganda's Constitutional Court ruled in favor of sweeping changes… https://t.co/smJ6grFVn8
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An investment in #menstrualhealth is an investment in #globalhealth. @Cristina_TCFH & @WSSCCchief outline 5 key act… https://t.co/8FKp63ax0Q