Global Health Resources

At the 2008 inaugural meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), participants discussed the rapid expansion of global health programs and the lack of standardized competencies and curricula to guide these programs. In 2013, CUGH appointed a Global Health Competency Subcommittee and...

Eric Hartman, Cody Morris Parris and Brandon Blache-Cohen articulate a set of ethical standards for international volunteer tourism. The standards are focused on promoting Fair Trade Learning (FTL) principles in the management and operation of volunteer programs. The rationale behind the creation of these standards was the...

The Working Group on Ethics Guidelines for Global Health Training (WEIGHT) encourages efforts to develop and implement a means of assessing the potential benefits and harms of global health training programs. WEIGHT developed a set of guidelines for institutions, trainees, and sponsors of field-based global health training on ethics...

The Network of WHO Intern Alumni, in partnership with Child Family Health International, are administering a scholarship opportunity to financially support two candidates from a low- and middle- income country (LMIC) and cover the costs of an internship at WHO Headquarters Geneva in the Winter...

From the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Global Health NOW offers summaries and exclusive articles on the latest public health news—delivering all the day’s critical stories directly into your inbox. Learn more and subscribe to GHN news.

The Global Health Learning Opportunities (GHLO) Collaborative facilitates global mobility for final year students pursuing clinical, research, or public health electives outside their home country. GHLO utilizes a web-based platform that streamlines the application process for students, enables home schools to endorse student applications and...

This Week in Global Health (TWiGH) is a weekly live global health show where Dr. Greg Martin and a team of well-qualified global health experts, students, and young professionals give a brief overview of current events and topics in the global health sphere. Watch TWiGH...

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) offers free web-based educational materials on a wide variety of topics. Educational modules are designed for medical, public health, nursing and other health profession students as well as undergraduates. Students can review materials either on their own...

Child Family Health International (CFHI), in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations, offers Global Health Education Programs including internships, electives, and rotations in international communities in a way that imbeds participants in existing health systems and leverages local medical and public health professionals as the...

Want to learn how you can ensure patient safety while you are in clinics or hospitals abroad? This is a great tool for students, faculty, and advisors to know about.  Created by University of Minnesota Health Careers Center, the GAPS online training, is a tool to...

Created through a collaboration between Stanford and Johns Hopkins University, Ethical Challenges in Short-Term Global Health Training is a series of ten cases to introduce trainees and others involved in global health research and service to ethical issues that may arise during short-term training experiences...

A pre-departure resource created by medical students, led by Mei Elensary MPhil, MD, reviewing 5 common ethical dilemmas faced by students placed in clinical settings abroad. Click on "Read More" below to get started!