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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"As a result of the #climatecrisis, Kenya has experienced severe droughts that it can take years to recover from, a… https://t.co/8rh5FKl67o
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#COVID19 isn't the only #pandemic right now, we are also in a #mentalhealth pandemic. "Across the world, [young peo… https://t.co/c94B3eQvpn
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RT @FastCoWorkLife: Leaders, this is why you should embrace overcommunication https://t.co/sm6j1TDrPN
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RT @HolyApostlesNYC: This February, and all year-round, we’re celebrating and thanking Shirley Chisholm, and all of the Black individuals w…
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RT @kansiimeonesmu2: https://t.co/TSYLZMkqt2 #HealthEquity poem. My Secrets As A Syringe: My lips and tongue rubbed the jaw.......... w…
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While the #COVID19 vaccine rollout has been slow in some countries, there are "130 countries that 'are yet to admin… https://t.co/P1g6CdOgHQ
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"The #COVID19 #pandemic is likely to slow progress towards the goal of ending gender-based violence before 2030 by… https://t.co/etlHzAWMtw
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All businesses were hit hard due to the #pandemic, but business in Chinatowns around the world were severely impact… https://t.co/hTJi88a5MS
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"Journalists, humanitarians, & politicians often portray acute food insecurity crises as a dichotomy between famine… https://t.co/NCD0tgXxmR
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"The issue is that racism is not going to be solved through a task force or a single reported incident. It definite… https://t.co/BRMNaq54LU
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Forced pregnancy & forced marriage are now internationally recognized as war crimes, expanding "the world's collect… https://t.co/T4xVFLCJH8
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RT @womenlifthealth: The vast majority of people want to see women more involved in COVID recovery, according to @_Focus2030 and @WomenDeli…
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"Although the demand for vaccines is currently outstripping supply, relying on primary care doctors to vaccinate th… https://t.co/8oAvEEYX3J
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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth2021, @thrive provides a list of quotes from Black role models to give you inspiratio… https://t.co/1rrgw3SKze
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#COVID19 is dropping steadily in the US, but "health officials are growing increasingly concerned that quickly circ… https://t.co/Wg29klejaa
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To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we have to know what our emissions are to begin with. But "on average, official… https://t.co/Sk6bnmJUf8
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Health officials in the UK are exposing healthy volunteers to the #COVID19 virus in a controlled study. This "will… https://t.co/biZH4OrcvP