Global Health Equity Foundation

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Global Health Equity Foundation is now headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. We are updating our site to better reflect this. Please stay tuned.

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


Dr. Alhafez
Founder and President Tayeb Alhafez

Glossary of Concepts

Meet our US Board of Directors and Advisory Board, as well as the GHEF-Geneva board members.

Click to download an Executive Summary about our organization.

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

 

Contact us at connect@ghef.org

News & Media

March 13, 2013 Press Release - Global Health Equity Foundation's New Home in Geneva, Switzerland

August 31, 2012 Press Release - Momentum Building for Syrian International Coalition for Health

Watch video Highlights from a Consensus Building Forum.Forum video snip
In the image above, Paul Cook leads a discussion about Mental Health.

Suicide Prevention Newsletter and Community Based Media Project News

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.

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

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

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

GHEF-Geneva Reception
October 31, 2012
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Villa Louis-Jeantet
17 Chemin Rieu, 1208 Genève
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Geneva Symposium
"Global Health Equity in Times of Crisis"

Oct 31, 2012
Geneva, Switzerland

Highlights from the program:

  • mental health as an essential pillar of health equity
  • effects of financial crisis on equity in healthcare
  • health equity for Syrian refugees

Download Symposium Program
Download Symposium description
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Chrip Hopkins at Forum
In the image above, Chris Hopkins leads a discussion about access and how technology can solve some healthcare access problems.

July 3, 2012 - Istanbul Forum
Syrian International Coalition for Health

Istanbul, Turkey
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June 12, 2012 - "New Methodology: Analysing Health Equity Gaps" (a Consensus Building Forum) was held at Kings Fund in London, England

May 17, 2010 - First International Symposium in Geneva Global Health Equity Foundation hosted global health leaders at its international symposium in Geneva, Switzerland

Community Based Media Project
In September of 2011, GHEF sponsored a documentary film and other community-awareness events as part of a Community Based Media Project (CBMP) with a focus on suicide prevention. In 2012 CBMP leaders continue to build the awareness and prevention program.