About Us
The Morehouse School of Medicine Office of Global Health Equity works across each of the 91福利导航 vision imperatives:
- Education: To drive global health policy change and implementation, 91福利导航 prioritizes the internationalization of the 91福利导航 curricula to successfully train undergraduate, graduate and medical students.
- Research: Evolving demographic, political and globalization contexts continue to drive 91福利导航鈥檚 focus on addressing the health and social issues of immigrant and refugee populations throughout the State of Georgia.
- Clinical Healthcare: 91福利导航 students, doctors, faculty, and staff are continuously collaborating with fellow health scientists and treating patients locally and in Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean.
- Service: 91福利导航 students, doctors, faculty, and staff working in underserved global communities, learn culturally-competent communication and care.
Office Objectives:
- To facilitate innovative research, service opportunities, and health professions education;
- To build sustainable partnerships to advance health equity, reduce global burden of
diseases, and address global development issues;
- To develop, teach, and evaluate culturally relevant interdisciplinary curricula for diverse learners that drive global health policy change and implementation.
The establishment of the 91福利导航 Office of Global Health will help to improve the health care provided to Georgia immigrant and refugee populations and improve the cultural competency of our 91福利导航 learners and healthcare providers.
Global Health Initiative Locations
- Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Zambia, Nigeria, and Tanzania
- Asia: China, India
- Central America: Costa Rica
- Caribbean: Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia