“Lauren, I will disown you if you don’t apply!”- my 92 year-old Grandmother
Post by: Lauren Marcell I’ll be honest- I didn’t think I had a smidgen of a chance of becoming a Global Health Corps fellow. I had two reactions upon reading the position descriptions and mission statement of GHC. 1) Unprecedented excitement. I knew this was the opportunity I had been looking for, the next step […]
We All Scream for Ice Cream
Post by: Emily Jane Sullivan When living outside of one’s home country, it is easy to notice the things that are different. However, I have found that it is often more interesting and remarkable to note what is similar. People’s desires tend to mirror each other all across the world when it comes to basics; […]
Bright Spots in Kyangwali
Post by Breeanna Lorenzen There are many challenges to working in a refugee settlement. It can be easy to focus on the problems: refugees needing to resell their food to make a living, conflicts with the national police over land boundaries, the profound distances between the under-stocked and understaffed health centers. However, as Dan and […]
What does it take to think differently?
Post by: Latifah Kiribedda I have pondered this question for a while. In doing Global Health work, I have seen or heard various scenarios that I believe contribute to taking us off the trail to achieving global health equity. These scenarios most frequently occur in the rural and hard-to-reach areas. For example, I have encountered […]
Seeking New Partners
We are happy to announce that we are now recruiting placement organizations for the 2013-2014 fellowship year. Do you know an organization that would benefit from the talents of two skilled, enthusiastic young professionals? Check out our Be a Placement Organization page for information on our RFP process. We recruit organizations of all shapes and sizes, from […]
Welcome to our new website!
Notice something different about the website? It’s brand new! Thanks to the Landor Associates Brand Aid competition, Global Health Corps has been working on a brand new visual identity over the past year. We are very excited to share our new look with you through the launch of the re-designed website. We are looking forward […]
2009
Inspired by UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot’s clarion call to be relentless in the fight for health equity, Barbara and Jenna Bush, Andrew Bentley, Charlie Hale, Dave Ryan, and Jonny Dorsey launch Global Health Corps with a mission to develop a generation of leaders committed to realizing health as a human right. They recruit […]