About Us

MISSION

The Global Health Institute at AUB addresses global health challenges with a focus on context and sustainable impact by employing an interdisciplinary approach. The primary focus of GHI are challenges that are affecting the MENA region, but have relevance to and impact on other regions in the Global South.

VISION

GHI is the regional leader and a key partner in defining and addressing the global health agenda, especially components relevant to the MENA region and other regions in the Global South. GHI will transform the global health dialogue to focus on contextualized solutions that are sustainable and proportionally dependent on local and regional capacity.

DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

For decades, the Global South has been the epicenter for health challenges. Yet, real input from Global South-based institutions has not been factored in efforts to diagnose, intervene or evaluate global health approaches. This alarming fact underscored the necessity to foster “local” global health hubs and leaders for contextualizing knowledge and tools in order to face these challenges.

AUB’s Global Health Institute was formally established on July 19, 2017 to become the first such institute in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), and among the very few in the Global South. GHI portfolio focuses on supporting better health, empowering vulnerable populations and strengthening global health systems to contribute towards a better future.

Strategically based in the MENA region, our vision is not only to contextualize global health, but also to have the voice of the region heard within the global health dialogue. Our core values remain the guiding principles for everything we do towards the well-being of societies and people, especially in our region.

GHI operates through three major divisions: GHI Programs, tackling global health challenges through research, policy and advocacy; GHI Academy, the capacity-building arm of the institute; And GHI ASSIST the service arm that includes our vibrant Non-Governmental Organizations’ Initiative (NGOi).

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