In the 12+ years since I’ve joined Global Health Corps, I’ve had the honor of experiencing many joys and triumphs, from building relationships with early fellow cohorts and supporting them to rise and transform their communities, to winning recognition for our work through accolades like the Skoll Award and MacKenzie Scott funding. As a team and a community, we’ve also continued to build greater awareness and appreciation of how leadership development is a force multiplier for medical and technological health interventions.
We face significant global health challenges today: persistent COVID-19 implications, unpredictable crises like Mpox and Marburg, reversals of progress on sexual and reproductive health, accelerating impacts of climate change on health, and a rise in disinformation and misinformation. Underpinning these dynamics are a lack of a society-wide commitment to health equity and trust in science. Our increasingly young and interconnected world demands a new generation of leaders who are empowered to act boldly, together.
GHC will continue to expand our network of 1200+, building on the success of our programs in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the U.S., and Zambia. Our vision is a future with strong and equitable health systems, shaped and sustained by equity-driven leaders who are locally rooted and globally connected. We know this is possible because we’ve seen it unfolding—GHC leaders directly improve health outcomes for millions, and their work ripples across communities, countries, and continents.
We are deeply grateful to all our partners and supporters who have made this progress possible. There are many more young changemakers to reach and much more work to do. Let’s keep going!
Heather Anderson, CEO
We’ll send periodic updates from our leaders working on the frontlines of global health around the world and share opportunities to get involved in the movement.
Global Health Corps is a leadership accelerator mobilizing a powerful network of health equity changemakers, 1200+ strong and growing.
