title: Global health education consortium: 20 years of leadership in global health and global health education.
abstract: The Global Health Education Consortium (GHEC) is a group of universities and institutions committed to improving the health and human rights of underserved populations worldwide through improved education and training of the global health workforce. In the early 1990s, GHEC brought together many of the global health programs in North America to improve competencies and curricula in global health as well as to involve member institutions in health policy, development issues, and delivery of care in the inner cities, marginalized areas, and abroad.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Kaiser Permanente, South Sacramento, 6600 Bruceville Road, Sacramento, CA 95823, USA. Anvarali.Velji@kp.org
authors.forename: Anvar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Velji
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D004517:Education, Professional; D014943:Global Health; D006266:Health Education; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007857:Leadership; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards