Mission and Goals

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The Johns Hopkins CCGHE is a center of excellence supporting clinical care and research training in resource-limited settings that complements and builds upon the extensive ongoing international, collaborative research and training programs at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 

We invite you to visit "Making a Difference" and view our series of videos that highlights our mission and the impact of our distance learning technology.
 

"A small group of thoughtful people  could change the world.  Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead

CCGHE Mission

• To provide clinical care training of health care providers in resource-limited settings
• To provide research training for clinicians in resource-limited settings
• To demonstrate improved health outcomes among patients of trained health care providers

The Johns Hopkins CCGHE addresses important global health challenges by providing long-term clinical education programs that will offer health care providers in resource-limited settings access to the expertise and experience of The Johns Hopkins University clinical faculty.

CCGHE Goals

• Development of in-country expertise in
  • Clinical care
  • Clinical training
  • Evaluation of local clinical outcomes
• Participation of in-country experts 
• Impact multiple levels of health care delivery to
  • Physician specialists/consultants
  • Primary care physicians
  • Nurses
  • Paramedical workers
  • Pharmacists
  • And others
• Locally appropriate, but high, standards for “certification” of clinical expertise
• Sustainability and long-term continuing education programs