Center faculty have established research collaborations with institutions in low and middle income countries and developed supervised research experiences for Brown University undergraduate, graduate and medical students with our foreign partners. Our mission is to apply interdisciplinary perspectives to research and training to improve the health of populations in developing countries.
Center for Global Public Health
Center for Global Public Health
The CGPH was established to develop, promote, and coordinate the international health activities of Brown University faculty and students committed to global community engagement.
Center for Global Public Health
The CGPH was established to develop, promote, and coordinate the international health activities of Brown University faculty and students committed to global community engagement.
19 %
of the global population of people living with HIV reside in South Africa
49 %
reduction in new HIV cases in South Africa since 2010
Recent Announcements from the Center for Global Public Health
See more At the School of Public Health’s annual National Public Health Week keynote, global health leader Dr. Nishtar addressed the new era of funding cuts, mistrust, our “collective amnesia” around infectious diseases and Gavi’s plan to vaccinate 500 million more children.
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Gabriella Stern details the challenge of fighting geopolitical scapegoating and false narratives amid America’s abrupt exit from the WHO at the latest Public Health in Practice Seminar.
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News from SPH
Empowering communities to address Africa’s dental crisis
With a severe shortage of dentists across sub-Saharan Africa, the mOral Health course is training local community health workers to provide preventive care. The initiative, aimed at building a sustainable, grassroots workforce, marks the first time the WHO has formally endorsed an oral health resource in its nearly 80-year history.
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News from SPH
Alumni Spotlight: Rachel Nyameyo, MPH ’24
Nyameyo puts her online MPH training into action through Lulu-Afrika, the nonprofit organization she founded to address food insecurity, women’s health and safety and the well-being of orphans and prisoners throughout Kenya, Tanzania and South Sudan.