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Helping the Smallest in One of the Biggest Countries in the World
Carolina Rivera, 2014 GHLI FellowThe fifth most populous country in the world, and fourth largest economy with burgeoning growth, Brazil still faces serious struggles involving wealth disparity,...
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Addressing Violence in Early Childhood to Improve Global Health
Mike Skonieczny, GHLI Executive Director From left to right: GHLI Executive Director Mike Skonieczny, First Lady Ana Estela Haddad, and James Leckman, MD of the Child Study CenterChildhood violence and...
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Obesity and Healthy Living Across the US
Source: http://prafulla.net/life-style/america-land-of-the-obese-infographicLea Hamner, 2014 GHLI FellowOver the past few months, I have travelled to five counties across the US to better understand...
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Leaving Trinidad with Much More than a Side ah (sada) Roti
Ffyona Patel, 2014 GHLI FellowAs I reflect on my fellowship with Trinidad’s South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA), I am energized by what we have achieved and what I am taking away. When I...
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Building Capacity for Mental Health Care in Ghana
Austin Jaspers, 2014 GHLI FellowEven before my time in Accra as a GHLI fellow reached its endpoint, I started plotting ways I could return and continue Yale’s long-standing partnership with Ghana in...
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Making Babies Breathing Affordable
Charles Stone, ‘ 14, GHLI InternEach year, an estimated three million babies die during the first four weeks of life around the world. More than 50% of these deaths are attributed to birth asphyxia,...
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U.S. Counties Winning the War on Obesity
Patrick Ng, 2014 GHLI FellowThis summer I had the exceptional opportunity to help investigate the obesity epidemic in the U.S. I traveled with GHLI researchers across the country to five counties that,...
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Clean Hands in Rwanda
April Budd, GHLI Health Management & Leadership MentorIn 2013, Muhima Hospital started on its journey to improve hand hygiene for its patients, staff and visitors. For years, the hospital struggled...
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Using My Words – In Amharic
Elizabeth Bradley, Ph.D., Faculty Director, GHLIKebahd! Thanks to some brief tutoring in Amharic I was now able to communicate more fluently on my recent trip to Ethiopia. Most of my new words, and the...
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A Closer Look at Cardiac Care
Heather Fosburgh and Dayna Keene, YSPH ProfessorHeather Fosburgh, GHLI Program ManagerIt’s still hard to believe that in the course of seven weeks, the GHLI Leadership Saves Lives team has travelled to...
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Foreign Affairs in Ethiopia and U.S. – Different yet Similar
Mekonnen Haddis, Chief Advisor of the Minister, Ethiopia As I sat and listened to U.S. public servants discuss problems they have faced regarding employee retention and recruitment for the government,...
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Call me Shelemat
Shirin Ahmed, Program Manager, GHLI As I sat at a restaurant not far from the White House discussing Ethiopian (and Pakistani) politics and bonding over honey wine with my friends from the Ethiopian...
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Why We Do What We Do: Dawit Tatek
Dawit Tatek, GHLI Program Manager for the Ethiopia Hospital Management Initiative (EHMI) became interested in public health after seeing people unnecessarily die from preventable diseases. “The...
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Why We Do What We Do: Nikole Allen
GHLI program manager Nikole Allen first became interested in global development as a freshman in high school. Nikole realized that, “access to education, health and economic opportunities provided to...
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Leadership Towards the Advancement of Human Rights
Photo Credit: Thi Nhat LeZahirah McNatt, GHLI Director, Leadership Education and PracticeAs part of the Senior Leadership Program (SLP), I recently worked with delegates from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar,...
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Reducing Hospital Readmission Rates -- What Really Works?
Erika Linnander, GHLI Senior Technical OfficerUnplanned hospital readmissions are estimated to cost more than $17 billion each year for Medicare alone. Across the country, hospital executives,...
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Why We Do What We Do: Halima Mohammed
As a child, I watched people with acute and chronic illnesses coming to the health station located hundreds of meters from our home. My father was a health assistant in charge of a rural government...
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Never Again or Never Give Up? The Reality for Global Health Workers
Rex Wong, Director, GHLI, Health Management and LeadershipBeing a manager of global health programs in Africa for more than a decade, I receive many inquiries from young, energetic, people who want to...
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“To be amongst the best…”
Drew Weil, 2015 GHLI U.K. FellowYou don’t have to go far to find a British citizen that is proud to receive health care through the National Health Service. It is one of the country’s sparkling...
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Uniting for Childhood Health in Puerto Rico
Geoff Soybel, 2015 GHLI Fellow The prevalence of childhood obesity in Puerto Rico has been estimated to be as high as nearly 30%. This statistic demonstrates that the youth of the island territory are...
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