The deficit in skilled workers, particularly in low-income nations, is a major obstacle to addressing current and future development challenges. For healthcare alone, the global workforce deficit is 15 million individuals. Africa is predicted to have a shortfall of 6.1 million workers by 2030. This a significant obstacle to development. A central challenge is a…
Read MoreSafeguarding Children’s Health in a Changing Global Health Environment
See this article from CUGH Board of Directors member Phil Landrigan published in the Lancet. This article focuses on how we can secure children’s health in this changing global health environment.
Read MoreStopping Gun Violence in the Americas
Millions of guns are shipped to Central and South America from the United States. Many of these weapons fall into the hands of paramilitary groups, organized criminal networks and gangs. This is a significant driver of the very high homicide rate in this region and has created a climate of terror in many areas that is…
Read MorePress Release: Protect the Public, Pass Gun Safety Regulations
The Washington DC-based Consortium of Universities for Global Health (www.cugh.org) calls on the US Congress to pass publicly supported gun safety regulations. The massacre of innocent children in Uvalde, Texas, and the targeted slaughter of African American civilians in Buffalo, are the latest and most visible examples of the preventable public health gun violence crisis…
Read MoreA CALL TO ACTION TO REFORM GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS
The global health enterprise has improved the well-being of people. However, structural inequities persist within the sector. This contributes to inequality and impacts Sustainable Development Goals. Read the full article, published in The BMJ, and authored by UGHE’s Agnes Binagwaho, and CUGH’s Executive Director, Keith Martin, among others, and sign our call to action…
Read MoreASPPH Appropriations Priorities for FY2023
Please see below the Appropriations Priorities the ASPPH suggests for FY2023. National Institutes of Health (NIH) – $49.0 B $110.0 M to fund NIH Fogarty International Center $1.0 B to fund Advanced Research Projects for Health(ARPA-H) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – $11.0 B $37.0 M to fund CDC Prevention Research Centers $20.0…
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