Find out what we’re doing to grow a community of researchers, students and partners to address global health inequality. Less than half of the world’s population is covered by essential health services. For global policymakers and decision-makers to come together to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal to ensure healthy lives for everyone, we need to understand how health inequality arises, who it affects and how. The University of Edinburgh has been developing a dedicated community of researchers, students and partners in global health for decades, brought together by our Global Health Academy.What we’re doingHere is just a selection of the research, partnerships and activities we’re developing to understand and address global health challenges. Global health expertise and educationOur Global Health Academy brings together academic expertise across the disciplines to focus on the health issues affecting the greatest number of people in the world, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. The Academy offers online masters and PhD opportunities as well as CPD short courses and an annual summer school in partnership with universities in Rwanda and Uganda. Find out more about the Global Health AcademyAttracting global talentWe want people from the countries most affected health inequality to contribute to our research and learning community, share their experience, develop their ideas, and apply new knowledge where this expertise is most needed.The University offers a number of scholarships to encourage postgraduate students from around the world to consider studying global health but there are always more students we’d like to support.Find out about our range of scholarshipsTraining nurses to do moreOur Edinburgh Global Nursing Initiative uses education and local partnerships to support nurses to work to their full potential in the countries with the greatest healthcare challenges. Projects supported by this initiative include:Training nurses and midwives to perform advanced obstetrics skills and neonatal care in Liberia.Equipping nurses with the specialist skills to care for patients who have experienced war-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Providing nurses with the skills to deliver quality palliative care in Uganda. Support the Edinburgh Global Nursing InitiativeReducing suicide by pesticidePesticide ingestion is the second most common means of suicide in the world, especially in low-income agricultural communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America, where highly hazardous pesticides are easy to access.The University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention led by Professor Michael Eddleston, launched in 2017 to address the problem on a global scale. Professor Eddleston has been a leader in drawing attention to the issue, bringing together a global team of experts and producing research that demonstrates that restricting access to harmful pesticides through regulation reduces deaths and injuries from pesticide poisoning.Building on this research, the centre works in partnership with local, regional or national decision-makers in the countries or regions where this issue is prevalent to regulators to collect data and design effective evidence-based interventions.Find out more about the centreSupport global healthIf you want to know more about what the University is doing in global health and would like to know how you can partner or support our work in this area, get in touch for a conversation. Chloe Kippen Director of Philanthropy and Health Contact details Email: chloe.kippen@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-10-29
