About Us

Our mission is to:

• Explore opportunities and challenges within communities
• Acknowledge and inform public and private opinion about the right to health
• Enrich sustainable, practical knowledge.
• Make tangible improvements toward global health equity

Interview with Dr. Paul Cook, member of the Board of Directors

Interview with Jackie Muri, Director, Business Development, Strategy & Foundation, Holy Rosary Healthcare

Interview with Chris Hopkins, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Montana Health Network

Interview with Stephanie Goode, Consultant

Letter from the Founder

Glossary of Concepts

Meet our Board of Directors and Advisory Board.

Seeing rural American communities as having issues in common with other underserved populations sets GHEF apart from most global healthcare organizations. — Chris Hopkins, V.P. Strategy and Business Development, Montana Health Network

Diving into a project like the one in Eastern Montana focuses the community and the Foundation on goals. People focus on priorities, and a proof-of-concept comes out of that. The consensus forums in Montana have had an effect that’s larger than regional. — Stephanie Goode, Consultant to the Foundation

You can contact us at connect@ghef.org

News & Media

Suicide Prevention Newsletter, Issue #2

Suicide Prevention Newsletter, Issue #1

September 20, 2011 - San Francisco film director to document suicides of Eastern Montana, story in Billings Gazette

September 8, 2011 Press Release - Local and International Foundations Support Suicide Awareness Campaign in Miles City

March 25, 2011 - The Miles City Star publishes a front page article on Priorities in Healthcare Delivery in Eastern Montana: A Consensus Building Forum

March 4, 2011 Press Release - Global Health Equity Foundation Hosts its 1st Live Consensus Building Forum in Miles City, Montana USA.

Watch video Highlights from a Consensus Building Forum.
In the image above, Paul Cook leads a discussion about Mental Health. In the image below, Chris Hopkins leads a discussion about access and how technology can solve some healthcare access problems.

June 2, 2011 Press Release - 2nd Forum

May 17, 2010 - Global Health Equity Foundation Hosted Global Health Leaders at its 1st International Symposium in Geneva, Switzerland

Contributions
We are a 501(c)(3) organization. To make a donation to the foundation, you can send a check to:
Global Health Equity Foundation
615 Main Street
Miles City, MT 59301

Events

October 26, 2011: Community Based Media Project Meeting:
6:00 PM
615 Main Street
Miles City, MT
More information.

Global Health Equity Foundation (GHEF) is a non-profit organization seeking to address challenges faced by healthcare providers. The Foundation serves as a catalyst for community awareness, communication, and involvement

In September of 2011, GHEF sponsored filmmaker Lise Swenson as she recorded and produced a film dramatizing the issues surrounding suicide.

GHEF sponsored the film and other community-awareness events as part of a Community Based Media Project (CBMP) with a focus on suicide prevention. In October, 2011, CBMP leaders scheduled follow-up events and meetings to continue to build the awareness and prevention program.

GHEF 1st Consensus Building Forum took place on March 3, 2011 in Miles City, Montana. Forum Declaration of Consensus

GHEF 2nd Consensus Building Forum took place on June 2, 2011 in Miles City, Montana. June Declaration of Consensus

Suicide Prevention Forum took place on July 28, 2011 in Miles City, Montana. Learn more about the forum.

Consensus Building Forum Follow-up, September 9, 2011

20th Annual Eastern Montana Rural Health Care Conference, March 3-5, 2011