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The Institute for Global Health

The Vanderbilt University Institute for Global Health is committed to advancing health and development in resource-limited regions of the world. With projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, our approach is grounded in research, training, and service that is appropriate to the developing world, transcending borders and building capacity for successful, sustainable development.

Partnering with people in developing nations to achieve better health is not only an investment in the future of those countries, but also serves to enrich us here at home through the exchange of ideas, skills and challenges to the way we think and act.  From its position as a leader on issues of impact on global health, the Vanderbilt University Community fosters the interests of scientists and investigators in a broad range of disciplines and institutions to form a world community of health research, training, service, and care.  This interaction allows us to better serve all of the communities that we support, both in Middle Tennessee and around the world.

JOB POSTINGS

In-Country Director - Mozambique

Friends in Global Health, an NGO affiliated with Vanderbilt University, is seeking the services of a Country Director to work from its office in Maputo, Mozambique.  The Country Director is responsible for providing overall strategic and programmatic leadership as well as financial and administrative support and management of FGH projects in Mozambique.  The Country Director serves as the FGH representative to the Government of Mozambique (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Provincial Health Directorate, and District Health Directorate), the USG, other donors, NGOs, international agencies, and other relevant stakeholders. Click here for details.

District Clinical Advisor Friends in Global Health - Mozambique

Friends in Global Health (FGH) is seeking the services of a District Clinical Advisor to work in the Zambézia province of Mozambique. FGH is a fully owned subsidiary (Limited Liability Corporation and NGO) of Vanderbilt University, based in Nashville, Tennessee. Friends in Global Health and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health implement the PEPFAR-Supported Care and Treatment Program in rural Mozambique for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Click here for details.

Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator Friends in Global Health - Mozambique

Friends in Global Health (FGH) is seeking the services of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Coordinator to work from its office in Quelimane, Mozambique. FGH is a fully owned subsidiary (Limited Liability Corporation and NGO) of Vanderbilt University, based in Nashville, Tennessee. Friends in Global Health and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health implement the PEPFAR-Supported Care and Treatment Program in rural Mozambique for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Click here for details.

MEDIASITE PRESENTATIONS

A catalog of past Global Health lectures are now available for viewing on the Mediasite Global Health page.

Presentations include:

China-Tennessee Rural Health Exchange Program Symposium, May 30, 2008
For three weeks in May, fifty Chinese senior health officers and scholars from central government and eight provinces attended the inaugural China-Tennessee Rural Health Exchange Program Summer Institute.  The Institute provided training in public health and rural health management, leadership development, and health finance at East Tennessee State University, The University of Memphis and Vanderbilt University's Center for Better Health. This symposium provides a broad overview of the Chinese rural health system. Topics ranged from rural health education and health promotion, the rural public health service delivery system, to the current situation and prospects of rural health reform in several provinces. Click here to view information on presenters.

"Maternal and Child Health: Perspectives from Developing Countries", February 22, 2008

This symposium addressed major concerns in primary care for mothers and their children in developing countries. Click here to view information on presenters.

The Institute for Global Health Winter Symposium, January 16, 2007

The Intitute for Global Health (IGH) brings together a cross-institutional representation of faculty involved in Global Health Training initiatives being undertaken at Vanderbilt University. Click here to view presenters.

HIV, hepatitis C and STIs: How they spread in the community and how drug users and others try to protect themselves

Presenter: Samuel Friedman, PhD. National Research and Development Institutes, January 9, 2007

The Institute for Global Health Fall Symposium, October 29, 2007

The Institute for Global Health (IGH) gathered a group of Vanderbilt, MMC and community leaders in global health to discuss their experiences in establishing clinical partnerships and providing service in resource-limited environments. 

Hospice and Palliative Care in Ethiopia, November 8, 2007

Presenter: Wondmu Tsigerada Yisfawessen, RN, “Sister Rose” founder of Hospice Ethiopia Organization in Addis Ababa.

INSTITUTE GOALS

The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine's Institute for Global Health exists to facilitate the involvement, development and growth of collaborations aimed at addressing global health issues and problems in resource limited settings. By serving as a facilitating body for expanding the activities of individual scientists and departments across the Vanderbilt campus, the Institute expects to aid multidisciplinary research efforts in diseases of poverty, tropical climes, and health disparities in Middle Tennessee and around the world.