Global Health Corps strives to strengthen and transform health systems through a network of emerging leaders who take a systems approach to inspecting and disrupting the status quo. Global Health Corps recruits diverse young professionals and places them into existing health organizations and government agencies in Eastern and Southern Africa and the United States to address current capacity gaps. Nearly 900 fellows have completed the program at more than 100 health organizations and government ministries. After a fellowship year, 95 percent of Global Health Corps alumni continue to work in global health or related fields, and 83 percent of alumni hold mid- or senior-level positions.
Global Health Corps’ unique ‘co-fellow’ model pairs a national and an international fellow to promote cross-cultural collaboration and ensure inclusion of diverse perspectives and approaches. Its model cultivates non-traditional talent in the field of global health and builds a close-knit network of more systems-minded, cross-culturally competent, and resilient leaders for the future.