Women in Global Health

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Women in Global Health
Formation2015
Purpose"To challenge power and privilege for gender equity in health"
Location
  • 40 chapters worldwide
Membership
Chapter based
Executive Director
Dr. Roopa Dhatt
Staff
15
WebsiteOfficial website

Women in Global Health is an organization founded in 2015 to promote gender equality in health administration.[1][2][3][4] One of its initiatives is the Women Leaders in Global Health Conference.[5]

Women in Global Health currently has 40 chapters established in 36 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Cote D' Ivoire, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Guinea, India, Ireland, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Uganda, UK, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe. WGH also has regional affiliates in Europe, Africa, West Africa and Latin America.

References[]

  1. ^ Akshaya Neil Arya; Jessica Evert (2017). Global Health Experiential Education: From Theory to Practice. Taylor & Francis. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-351-60828-2.
  2. ^ Babulal Sethia; Parveen Kumar (2018). Essentials of Global Health. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-7020-6608-5.
  3. ^ Saluja, Deepika (6 March 2020). "The Women in Global Health India Chapter: Towards Gender Transformative Leadership in Health in India". IHP. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Women in Global Health Canada | CSIH". www.csih.org. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Women Leaders in Global Health (WLGH) conference seeks to advance women in global health - Fogarty International Center @ NIH". Fogarty International Center. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

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