Global Women's Health Sites

Five women, including CGHSR Global Women's Health Director Rahel Nardos, lock arms and smile in Uganda.

Our Global Women's Health Initiative works with partners around the world to advance sustainable, equitable health for women and girls. 

These global partnerships aim to build capacity and create long-term solutions related to access to, and quality of, women's health care. 

 

An OBGYN fellow receives a diploma after completing her coursework.

Ethiopia 

We partner with Mekelle University College of Health Sciences and Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia to offer an OBGYN fellowship program that ensures local healthcare practitioners have what they need to adequately treat conditions like obstetric fistula, pelvic prolapse and incontinence.

 

Health care workers pose for a photo in Rwanda, where CGHSR's Global Women's Health Initiative works with colleagues to advance women's health.

Rwanda 

We partner with the University of Rwanda to develop joint research and education activities related to the advancement of Global Women's Health. 

 

A computer sits in the foreground of a colored pattern including red, green, blue and yellow rectangles.

Ghana 

The Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility (CGHSR) partners with the Medical and Surgical Skills Institute (MSSI) to provide educational resources related to surgical care in West Africa. Our Global Women's Health Initiative has partnered with MSSI to provide obstetric fistula training to local OBGYNs. 

 

CGHSR Director of Global Women's Health Dr. Rahel Nardos, center, sits with other health care workers.

Botswana 

We have established partnerships in Botswana to advance capacity building and provide resources to local OBGYNs.