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Global Health Programme

The Global Health Programme GHP at the Graduate Institute was established in Spring 2008 as one of the first of its kind in an institute devoted to international relations and development. It reflects a wider trend in both the practice and the analysis of global health which pays increasing attention to the links between health, foreign policy, trade and development. It builds capacity by engaging in research, knowledge translation and diffusion for and with major global health stakeholders, particularly those present in Geneva.

The Global Health Programme examines which characteristics and mechanism define successful global health governance at the beginning of the 21st century. In particular, it engages in the following three key areas:

The Global Health Programme builds partnerships with a wide-range of different actors at international, regional and national levels.

NEWS

APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!

  •  21-25 June 2010, Executive Course on Global Health Diplomacy [pdf].
 

The Global Health Programme has launched its application period for its summer executive course on global health diplomacy. Diplomacy is undergoing profound changes in the 21st century - and global health is one of the areas where this is most apparent. The summer course will focus on health diplomacy as it relates to health issues that transcend national boundaries and are global in nature, discuss the challenges before it, and how they are being addressed by different groups and at different levels of governance.

For more information on the course and application procedures, please click here

Master of Laws in Global Health Law and International Institutions - Collaboration between the Graduate Institute and Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. More information on this programme and details on how to apply. International Health Law Courseat the Graduate Institute, Geneva .

Director:

Prof. Ilona Kickbusch

Coordinator:

Michaela Told

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EVENTS

> April 17-18, 7th Annual Conference "Global Health & Innovation Conference" Presented by Unite For Sight, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
> April 19-21, Geneva Forum, ICCG, Geneva 

Calendar of events

Vacancies

PhD Scholarships opportunities

Internship opportunities

NEWSLETTER

Every second month, the GHP issues a newsletter reflecting information on pertinent developments in the area of global health. To subscribe to the newsletter please click here.

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