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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“Exactly why women seem more vulnerable to these injuries remains largely unknown.” @Forbes #health #genderequity https://t.co/gd8GQgS6vc
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“How they’re talking about vaping is key to asking the right questions when health problems arise.” @FastCompany… https://t.co/I6YZy18OWT
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With over half a million homeless people in the US today, exploring discrepancies between healthcare spending and… https://t.co/lPvRhGmiEw
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“Those prisoners, the court found, would languish for months, even years, in telephone booth-sized cages.”… https://t.co/ccmmln0YwV
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“The Job in Global Health Is Always to Work Yourself Out of a Job” @NeurologyToday #globalhealth #leadership https://t.co/t3CGVo70dh
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Building a sense of community within any work environment can help build trust and boost morale. @sciencemag… https://t.co/QCNLcA2dOk
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“I think a lot of people might not realize that there is more than one strain of HIV.” @chicagotribune #HIV… https://t.co/wXVA7xi45t
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Administering healthcare in isolated areas is often difficult and costly, but leveraging technology can help.… https://t.co/bM1RBVVLAd
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Yesss 💫💫💫 https://t.co/7YJ0nz2nGC
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RT @helberg_proctor: Why and understanding of Intersectionality is essential (Global) Health: https://t.co/D9QR52b1dN
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RT @IriheIriho: “We need to get comfortable with making others uncomfortable! Claim your space and if they don’t invite you, bring your cha…
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RT @Mimsfrisch: Change will happen fast if funding is only given to institutions with gender parity in leadership @agnesbinagwaho #FFGP #WL…
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RT @PhyllisHeydt: First of a kind: CHW-only panel with leaders from Ethiopia, India, Haiti, Liberia and Rwanda. Thx @WLGH19 for making it h…
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‘It is time for women to speak up’ @CynthiaDushime1 #womeninGH #leadership #genderequity #mentorship
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Our crew rolls deep everywhere we go 🤩 @DzikunuRichard @sonyasoni #wlgh2019 #WLGH19 #WomeninGH #leadership
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RT @ughe_org: "At @ghcorps we provide trainings and support for #youthdevelopment around things like salary negotiations + self advocacy in…
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RT @jasminekburton: "At @ghcorps we provide trainings and support for #youthdevelopment around things like salary negotiations + self advoc…
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Transformation from the inside out👏🏿👏🏼👏🏾 https://t.co/1pQIvB0OSn