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Haitian-Focused Foundation Selects Georgetown to Support Youth HIV Programs

A new grant will allow Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Practice and Impact to establish the Y-LEAF (Youth-led Eco Action for the Future) initiative to help more young…

September 25, 2025

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Georgetown Receives $27.5 Million to Address HIV/AIDS in Haiti

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief have awarded Georgetown $27.5 million to expand its ongoing work in Haiti…

October 18, 2024

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Georgetown University Formally Launches Global Health Institute; Dr. Deus Bazira Appointed Inaugural Director

Georgetown University today formally announced the Georgetown Global Health Institute (GHI) and the new appointment of its inaugural director, Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH, MBA,.…

March 27, 2023

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UNICEF Award to CGHPI Supports COVID-19 Vaccination in Eswatini

(January 6, 2023) — Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Practice and Impact-Eswatini (CGHPI-E) continues its COVID-19 vaccination work with the support of a new UNICEF.…

January 6, 2023

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Georgetown’s Mark Dybul Named to Independent Panel Examining WHO’s Response to COVID-19

WASHINGTON (September 3, 2020) — Ambassador Mark Dybul, MD, professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center and co-director of its Center for Global Health…

September 3, 2020

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Statement by the Honorable Mark Dybul, MD, to Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

June 30, 2020 Statement, as Submitted, by the Honorable Mark Dybul, MDProfessor of Medicine and Co-Director, Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, Georgetown University…

June 30, 2020

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Top Global Health Experts Release Action Plan: COVID-19: A Global Pandemic Demands a Global Response

WASHINGTON (April 23, 2020) — Some of the world’s foremost experts in global health say a comprehensive global response can defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, but the time to act…

April 23, 2020

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Georgetown Global Health Experts Apply Past Lessons to COVID-19

(April 21, 2020) — As COVID-19 cases continue to spread around the globe, there is still much to be understood: how long drastic “social distancing” measures will be…

April 21, 2020