Global Health Corps

The FACE AIDS folks recently launched a promising new organization that seeks to uniquely engage college grads i direct global health work.  The Global Health Corps will pair fellowship teams with partner organizations throughout Africa (and Boston) to address specific global health challenges.

In their own words:

GHC aims to build a pipeline of new global health leaders by giving promising young leaders the opportunity to become a part of a network of peers engaged in meaningful work around the world. To achieve its mission, GHC will recruit skilled fellowship teams, provide additional training for fellows in basic epidemiology to enhance their technical skills, and place teams with selected partner organizations delivering services around the world. After working with these organizations for one year, fellows will engage in a post-field reflection forum. GHC will also maintain an alumni network so that fellows will benefit from the GHC community throughout their careers.

The best part: Fellowship teams will consist of one fellow from the United States and one fellow from the country where the partner organization works.