Seed Global Health
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Seed Global Health, formerly known as Global Health Service Corps, is a non-profit organization started in 2011 which helps to provide nursing and medical training support in resource-limited countries. Seed Global Health collaborates with the Peace Corps to create the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP).[1] This program has established the first "Peace Corps for doctors and nurses". Since launch, GHSP has had 97 volunteers train more than 8,300 students in 5 African countries.[2]
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Founded | July 2012; 11 years ago (2012-07) (formerly Global Health Service Corps) |
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Type | Non-profit NGO |
Purpose | Humanitarian (public health) |
Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Region served | Sub-Saharan Africa |
CEO | Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc |
Chief Medical Officer | Sadath Sayeed, MD, JD |
Affiliations | Peace Corps, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, PEPFAR |
Website | seedglobalhealth |
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