Global Health Council

Global Health Council

The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. The Council’s mission is to ensure that all who strive for improvement and equity in global health have the information and resources they need to succeed.

A U.S.-based non-profit organization, it prioritizes urgent and ongoing global health issues to keep the public, policy-makers, domestic and international agencies and institutions, and the global health community informed. Its membership comprises health organizations, leaders, academics and practitioners from more than 100 countries.

History

The organization was established as the National Council for International Health in 1972 by an arm of the American Medical Association to identify priority world health problems and to report on them to the U.S. public, legislators, international and domestic government agencies, academic institutions and the global health community. The organization’s renaissance as the Global Health Council occurred when Dr. Nils Daulaire, the Council's sitting president and CEO, was recruited in 1998 to transform the then-NCIH into an organization that positions the issues of global health as priority for both policy-makers and public health practitioners.

Key Issues

The Council brings together the global actors in health around five key issues which have been identified as critical to improving health and promoting equity while reducing the burden of disease in all countries:
[http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=225 Women's Health]
[http://www.globalhealth.org/childhealth Child Health]
[http://www.globalhealth.org/hiv_aids/ HIV/AIDS]
[http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=228 Infectious Diseases]
[http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=229 Emerging Threats]

Membership

The Council’s members represent a broad spectrum of activity in the global health community – from direct service NGOs and community groups, policy and advocacy organizations, leading academic and research institutions, corporations, foundations; to individual public health professionals, advocates, policy-makers, students, business leaders and concerned citizens in countries around the world.

Board of Directors

The Council’s leadership comprises the leading minds and practitioners in the global health community.

[http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/28/susan-dentzer-named-new-health-affairs-editor-in-chief/ Susan Dentzer, chair]

William Foege, MD, MPH, chair-emeritus
Joel Lamstein, SM, vice chair
Reeta Roy, treasurer
Alvaro Bermejo, MD, MPH, secretary
Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, PhD
Valerie Nkamgang Bemo, MD, MPH
George F. Brown, MD, MPH
The Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell

Haile T. Debas, MD

Julio Frenk, MD, MPH

Jim Kolbe
Joy Phumaphi

Paul Rogers, JD
Allan Rosenfield, MD
Nils Daulaire, MD, MPH, Ex Officio

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External Resources

[http://www.globalhealth.org/ Global Health Council]
[http://www.who.org/ World Health Organization]