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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"NIPT and PGD may transform the landscape for genetic disorders & differences. Many more people will come into the… https://t.co/SUBeonXXLL
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An awesome group of #Nigerian students developed the "Mairabot" from classroom scraps in order to reduce interperso… https://t.co/LkQVdyLUcu
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"The rise in outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases is a warning sign. As Africa works hard to defeat COVI… https://t.co/IAvEhji1qc
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"Home #Healthcare workers are almost 90 percent women. Over half are people of color and more than a quarter were b… https://t.co/dZAYKEGMi7
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On May 18th we'll be hosting a #TownHall w/ our partner @adtalemglobal to discuss #leadership for #healthequity in… https://t.co/tZ5poZ60mv
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We might have been taught certain mantras when we were younger to please and appease others. Learn how #unlearning… https://t.co/HZjb15ljWq
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"Despite a meticulously crafted public image of caring about health, improving health outcomes, or protecting… https://t.co/dBsiNNFwcI
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"Women are indeed missing from the [U.S.] Constitution. That's a problem to remedy, not a precedent to honor." From… https://t.co/WBcE4uUuXU
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"Our most striking finding was how sharply physical activity declined among adolescents ages 11 to 19 years – by ro… https://t.co/wc6rhaW1Yc
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"Children's exposure to PFAS is of particular concern because children's smaller size, developing bodies and changi… https://t.co/npVRZQoCvf
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Need #HealthAndFitness inspiration? According to the @uniofleicester, "10 minutes of brisk walking per day could in… https://t.co/TWqYhmjqm9
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From the AMPLIFY Archives: Alum @bayinganaa describes her lifelong journey of learning about the relationship betwe… https://t.co/Ns9FOQmHHJ
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We're one day away from this important discussion about the intersection of #HealthEquity and #ClimateJustice! Ther… https://t.co/2JYUok61XF
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The #systems and #tools the world develops to address #diseases that already plague lower-income countries are the… https://t.co/8dXXWOKI09
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Every body, especially a birthing one, should be treated with the utmost #respect and #care. We cannot allow traged… https://t.co/dT4d3WywFL