Women's Global Health Imperative
The Women's Global Health Imperative (WGHI) is a focus area within RTI that provides scientific leadership to help women and girls around the world protect and improve their reproductive health. We conduct groundbreaking research on women's health issues in the United States, India, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, El Salvador, Kenya, and Nicaragua.
Focus Areas
HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health
- Sexual health of adolescents and young women
- Methods to reduce health risk through economic opportunity
- Female-initiated contraceptive and HIV/AIDS prevention strategies
- Methods to modify gender inequalities to reduce risk
- Integration of biomedical, behavioral, and socioeconomic prevention strategies
- Issues related to migration
Innovative Applications of Appropriate Technology to Improve Health Care Access
- Point-of-care testing technologies
- Electronic-based health systems
Capabilities
- Collaborative research to strengthen the evidence base of reproductive health programs and policies
- Development and evaluation of public health interventions
- Global partnerships and capacity building
- Training and mentoring
- Clinical trial design, implementation, and medical monitoring
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of community-based interventions