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What Is a Global Health Professional?

Tulane Public Health Blog

Global Health vs. Public Health There are many overlapping approaches and goals between global health and public health. Both promote health equity and positive solutions to population-level health issues. Global health professionals promote health equity by working across the following fields.

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Loss of AMCHP Staff Member, Dr. Cheryl L. Clark

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

In the wake of George Floyd’s death, Dr. Clark galvanized the organization’s examination and response to health equity via internal and external partnership engagement and through member technical assistance and capacity-building efforts.

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The Importance of Upskilling the Public Health Workforce through Accessible Informatics Trainings

National Network of Public Health Institutes

These initiatives aim to modernize data practices, foster collaboration with healthcare and other data providers, promote health equity, enable timely insights for decision-making, and improve health outcomes. It achieves this by developing efficient, effective information systems supporting all public health services.

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Advocating For Chronic Kidney Disease Policy Change

Black Health Matters

Health Education Advocacy and Learning (HEAL) is a non-profit collaborative created to provide every community with access to resources that will help them thrive. Through HEAL, communities of color are educated, advocated for, and connected. With the help of Congressmen and policymakers across over 10 U.S.

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October 3, 2024

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

“By fostering cross-sector collaboration, we aim to drive meaningful and sustainable change that will reduce health disparities and improve outcomes for maternal and child health populations across the country.” This project is supported by the CDC under grant number NU38PW000010 for $900,000 over five years.

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Cultivating Data Science Leaders in Public Health: Bridging Academia and Workforce Needs

National Network of Public Health Institutes

As public health challenges grow in complexity, the demand for professionals skilled in data science and equipped with leadership abilities has surged. These are fundamental to addressing disparities and advancing health equity. Yet, there is a noticeable gap between academic preparation and workforce requirements.

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Black Lives Matter: Tackling Inequalities for Black Mothers and Babies

Better Health For All

Unfortunately, taking a public health approach to the problem informs us that this alone is unlikely to be sufficient to combat the widespread, systemic inequalities that are taking their toll on differential mortality statistics. eLearning for Health, the NHS England e-learning platform, now has a module for NHS staff on this topic.