Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Global Health Service Corps (GHSC) Changes Name to Seed Global Health

Global Health Service Corps (GHSC) Changes Name to Seed Global Health

Statement from Chief Executive Officer Vanessa Kerry, MD

(Boston, MA, USA – May 15, 2013)- "We believe our new name Seed Global Health truly captures the scope and mission of our work which is to cultivate stronger, sustainable health systems through training a new generation of physicians and nurses in countries where they are needed most. Our first class of nurses and doctors will be supported by work we have done to fund and prepare for their departure to countries in July.

"Our name is changing, but not our innovative public-private partnership with the Peace Corps, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) — the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP)- and the countries where we work. We are extremely proud to be sending our first class of GHSP volunteers — 33 doctors and nurses — to serve as adjunct faculty in medical and nursing schools in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda this July. They are truly an impressive group of nurse practitioners, midwives, pediatricians, OB/GYN's, psychiatrists, anesthesiologists, family and internal medicine doctors who will work with faculty in the host countries to develop curriculum and help train a new generation of doctors and nurses."

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About Seed Global Health
Seed Global Health is a non-profit whose mission is to strengthen health systems globally by partnering US physicians and nurses with local educators. Seed Global Health believes educational partnerships can rapidly increase the pool of providers and educators in countries where they are most needed. Committed to recruiting the best-qualified candidates, including those who may have financial constraints to service, Seed Global Health raises and disburses loan repayment and other appropriate stipends of support to individuals chosen for assignments abroad.

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