Women’s Global Health Imperative (WGHI)

The epidemiologists and biomedical and behavioral scientists at WGHI have developed an international reputation as experts in women’s health and global health. WGHI is affiliated with the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, where our investigators serve as faculty members. We also have more than 20 research partners at academic, research and nonprofit organizations across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

The Women’s Global Health Imperative and its research programs are funded by a broad range of sources, including the United States Agency for International Development, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Bank, UNICEF, the Wellspring Foundation, and multiple institutes and centers of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH funding includes the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research. 

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