Global Health.
Mothers should survive childbirth so they and their babies can flourish.
People with diabetes should have access to life-saving insulin.
HIV-positive moms and dads should live to enjoy their grandchildren.
Global health has achieved dramatic reductions in preventable illness, injury and death. But there is still much to do. Our faculty, staff, and students are at the forefront of the global push towards the world’s Sustainable Development Goals--we are looking forward and acting now to eliminate poverty, inequity, and preventable illness and death by 2030.
Research
We collaborate with communities, governments, scientists, and international development partners to improve the health of populations.
Students & Alumni
We train future global health leaders through classroom and field-based experiences. DGH alumni are working around the world: improving government policies, promoting social justice, and increasing access to education, economic opportunity, and health services.
Partnerships
Over two decades we have built partnerships in Boston, China, Ghana, India, Mexico Vietnam, South Africa, Zambia, and elsewhere. These relationships drive our research, advocacy, and commitment to the communities where we work.
Global Health at a glance
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Affiliated Academic Programs
BU School of Public Health graduate degree programs providesstudents with specialized training in both the theory, research, and practice of global health.Students pursuing a Master's degree in Public Health (MPH) and have an interest in global health may choose to obtain a functional certificate learning to design and implement rigorous field-based projects and conducting monitoring activities in developing and developed countries. Doctoral in Public Health (DrPH) candidates learn to develop, implement, and evaluate national and global public health programs and policies.
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Global Health Latest Publications
- Published On 1/12/2023Predicted effects of the introduction of long-acting injectable cabotegravir pre-exposure prophylaxis in sub-Saharan Africa: a modelling study.The lancet. HIVread at PubMed
- Published On 12/29/2022Assembling a global database of child pneumonia studies to inform WHO pneumonia management algorithm: Methodology and applications.Journal of global healthread at PubMed
- Published On 12/27/2022Dengue outbreak among travellers returning from Cuba-GeoSentinel surveillance network, January-September 2022.Journal of travel medicineread at PubMed
- Published On 12/27/2022The effect of population-based blood pressure screening on long-term cardiometabolic morbidity and mortality in Germany: A regression discontinuity analysis.PLoS medicineread at PubMed
- Published On 12/26/2022Identifying efficient linkage strategies for HIV self-testing (IDEaL): a study protocol for an individually randomized control trialmedRxiivread at Custom