Rooted in Purpose, Ready to Lead: U.S. Fellows Transition to Alumni Community
Last week, Global Health Corps brought together the 2024-2025 cohort of U.S. Leadership Accelerator fellows in Atlanta for an energizing multi-day retreat to celebrate the end of their fellowship. Against the backdrop of national uncertainty in public health funding and increasing challenges facing marginalized communities, this retreat served as a bold reminder of what is […]
Harnessing the Power of Community at Skoll World Forum
Our CEO Heather Anderson and Sr. Director of Communications & Development Brittany Cesarini are coming off an energizing week at the 2025 Skoll World Forum, returning with renewed urgency—and hope. This year’s convening offered a powerful duality: a clear-eyed acknowledgment of the global turbulence we’re all navigating and an equally potent spotlight on the social […]
Introducing Our Newest Team Members: Tiffany, Gina, and Erin!
Global Health Corps (GHC) is pleased to announce the addition of three new team members: Tiffany Handford as Director of Finance & Operations, Gina Rogers as Development Coordinator, and Erin Gilbert as Grants Manager. These women will play crucial roles in supporting GHC’s mission to foster the next generation of global and public health leaders. […]
Bringing Leaders Together: U.S. Leadership Accelerator Fellows and Alumni Unite in D.C.
Global Health Corps convened the 2024-2025 U.S. Leadership Accelerator (USLA) fellows in Washington, D.C. for an in-person retreat, marking a pivotal moment of connection, reflection, and growth. This dynamic gathering was further enriched by the return of GHC’s U.S. Alumni Leadership Summit—our first since 2019—creating a powerful space for emerging and seasoned leaders to exchange […]
Tackling Mental Health Issues from the Ground Up
This is a post by So Yoon Sim, 2014-2015 Research and Policy Fellow at Grameen PrimaCare in New York City. According to National Institute of Mental Health, one in four adults in the United States—approximately 61.5 million Americans—experience mental illness, and one in 17—about 13.6 million—live with a serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, major depression […]
If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, What’s a Selfie Worth?
This is a co-authored post by Lisa Shawcroft and Sruthi Chandrasekaran, 2014-2015 co-fellows at Marie Stopes International in Washington, D.C. Global Health Corps is a fellowship program that aims to create the next generation of global health leaders. The program model pairs two fellows—one national and one international—within a placement organization and gives them tools […]
“Why Don’t Men Menstruate?” Sexual Health Education as a Human Right
As Global Health Corps fellows, we believe health is a human right. Coming into GHC, I certainly believed this, but also felt as though calling something a “human right” has become a “sexy” buzzword trend. Sometimes the word seems so quotidian that almost everything is becoming valued as a human right. I share an office, […]
The Doctor Will Not See You Now
This year I have been working as a health counselor in Newark, New Jersey at Covenant House, a shelter for homeless youth ages 18-21. One of my main roles is to assist our youth in accessing healthcare resources in the community. Since many of the young people who stay with us have not seen a […]
My Experience Working with ACODEV-Uganda in Addressing Education and Vocational Challenges
Uganda, a land-locked country in sub-Saharan Africa, is one of the countries where youth graduating from schools and universities find it very difficult to get jobs. According to a recent report by Action Aid International Uganda, Uganda National NGO Forum and Development Research and Training, 62 percent of Ugandan youth do not have any form […]
A Parent’s Role in Delivering Sex Education to his/her Adoloscents
According to UNESCO’s “International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education,” sexuality education can provide “age-appropriate, culturally relevant and scientifically accurate information” to young people. It also helps dispel myths related to sexual and reproductive health. Exposure to sex education also assists youth in developing life skills such as decision-making, confidence, assertiveness, responsibility, asking for assistance and […]