Global Health Equity Foundation Contributing To Health Equity

Our Mission is to:

• Contribute toward tangible improvements in global health equity
• Explore opportunities and challenges faced by communities through research
• Inform public opinion about the right to health
• Support capacity-building projects premised on practical knowledge

To learn more, please open our Global Health Equity Foundation Summary

About Us

Global Health Equity Foundation is a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of people who lack access to health education, prevention services, and healthcare. The foundation is a primary source for knowledge on health equity and integrates its research into advocacy and capacity building projects for improved health equity worldwide. Since 2007, the foundation has sponsored projects in the United States as a 501(c)(3) organization. In October 2012, the foundation opened its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland as a registered non-profit.

Featured

GHEF Presents “Innovation and Equity in Health” at the Global Health Forum

Innovation is a key driver of development that potentially expands the availability of high-quality healthcare and people’s access to it. However, the benefits of innovation have been distributed unevenly, and have largely failed to narrow the health equity gap....

Reflecting: “Chronic Diseases and the Equity Challenge” 2013 International Symposium

GENEVA, Switzerland – In October 2013 GHEF held its second annual, international symposium at the John Knox Centre in Geneva, “Chronic Diseases and the Equity Challenge.” GHEF invited participants from around Europe to present on the topic of non-communicable diseases,...

October 2013, GHEF Hosts “Chronic Diseases and the Equity Challenge”

Geneva, SWITZERLAND – GHEF is pleased to be hosting international experts in the field of life-style related chronic diseases from academic research institutions and international, governmental, and non-governmental organizations in Geneva, Switzerland. During our one-day symposium, presenters will share their...

June 5, 2013, GHEF Forms a High-Level Consortium to Study Patient Empowerment for Managing Chronic Diseases

GHEF Collaborates with the Universities of Bocconi, Milan, Cerona, Catalonia, Leeds, UK and Partners to study patient empowerment Geneva, SWITZERLAND – This week GHEF and the Universities of Bocconi, Milan, Gerona, Cataloni, Leeds, UK and partners submitted a bid...

News

December 9, 2020 News — HEALTH DIPLOMACY FOR ARABIC-SPEAKING REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN GERMANY

Arabic-Speaking refugees who have escaped the horrors of conflict zones in Syria and Iraq represent a particularly vulnerable populations that has unique healthcare needs including trauma-related disorders and conditions. The multi-strategy project, Health Diplomacy for Arabic Speaking Refugees and...

July 18, 2019 News — GHEF 2019 Newsletter Released

The Global Health Equity Foundation 2019 Newsletter covers GHEF’s multi-strategy project, “Health Diplomacy for Health Equity of Migrants and Refugees in Germany.” Launched in 2016, the project is designed to bridge the gap in health literacy, as well as...

July 18, 2019 News — GHEF 2018 Annual Report Released

The Global Health Equity Foundation 2018 Annual Report describes GHEF, its mission and governance, while reporting on a variety of GHEF initiatives, events, symposia, publications and projects. These include the project “Health Diplomacy for Health Equity of Migrants and...

November 29, 2018 News — GHEF Presents “Innovation and Equity in Health” at the Global Health Forum

September 1, 2015 News — 2015 Annals of Global Health Equity Foundation Has Been Released

The 2015 issue of Annals of Global Health Equity Foundation has been released and is available online at this site. In keeping with our mission to advocate on behalf of all people who lack access to health education, preventive...

June 10, 2015 News — Innovation and Equity in Health Symposium Planning Under Way

Looking to the future, GHEF plans to present its fourth symposium, titled, “Innovation and Equity in Health,” which will explore challenges related to the inequitable distribution of scientific, clinical and technological innovation in health. In the health care field,...