Linking Development and Health

Embracing the development dimensions of health and health issues acknowledges that action outside the health sector can contribute significantly to better health outcomes for all peoples~UNDP.

Equity and Health Care Access

Access to and utilization of health care is vital to good and equitable health. Without healthcare, many of the opportunities for fundamental health improvement will be lost ~WHO.

Foundations for the Future

Education prepares children to participate in the society and in the global economy. Ensuring that all children receive a good quality education is the foundation of sustainable development and poverty alleviation worldwide~World Bank.

Our Health and Our Environment

Where we live affects our health and chances of living flourishing lives. The daily conditions in which we live have a strong influence on health equity ~WHO.

Early Life & Mind Nourishment

Early childhood is the most significant developmental period of life. Yet, nearly half the world’s children are likely to miss out on early childhood skills development programs ~UNICEF.

Social Support and Health

It takes a community to raise a child. Nurturing our kids in loving neighborhoods where neighborhood cohesion is high and where different people live peacefully is fundamental in raising young people who grow with broader outlook in life.

Parenting and Child Development

Having a loving family surrounded by love lays the foundation for significant birth to eight childhood development. Remembering that it takes a community to raise a child is at the center of thriving communities and is essential for all children.

Thriving Across Generations of Good Health

Early childhood is the most significant developmental period of life. Yet, nearly half the world’s children are likely to miss out on early childhood skills development programs.

Family Tree Adoption Program (FTAP)

A grassroots community-based program that is greening our communities by increasing tree canopy, which, in turn, improves air and water quality, community aesthetics, and provide benefits for years to come. FTAP is building thriving communities by organizing around shared values of sustainable environment and human health.

Welcome to GHEP

Global Health and Education Projects

We are the Global Health and Education Projects, Incorporated–GHEP! We are a fully registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located a few minutes away from Washington, DC., U.S.A. Our mission is to eliminate health disparities by addressing the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes, which are known as the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). The SDOH are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. The SDOH are mostly responsible for health disparities and are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources. GHEP follows the definition of SDOH by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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You want to eliminate health and education disparities. We design and deliver programs that work. GHEP delivers effective grassroots programs, anchored on community felt-needs, driven by scientific research and data, and guided by the social determinants of health, and life course health development frameworks.

MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH DIAPER PROGRAM

We’re helping local low-income families who are unable to purchase diapers due to financial hardship by ensuring that new mothers have clean diapers for their 0-5-year-old infants.

FAMILY TREE ADOPTION PROGRAM

We’re greening our local communities by planting trees and shrubs that purify the air, reduce airborne diseases, reduce stormwater, increase home values, and beautify neighborhoods.

HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION & AWARENESS

We’re helping to create awareness and provide education to the public on how the activities of individuals and communities impact the environment.

PUBLIC HEALTH 360

We’re providing a hands-on comprehensive practice and project-based training for public health graduates that bridges the gap between school-based academic theory and field-based practice.

HEALTHY HEART PROGRAM

We’re helping community members prevent the onset of cardiovascular diseases and its risk factors by providing health screenings and brief one-on-one health education sessions.

PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLICATIONS

We’re publishing top-notch global health scholarly papers shining the light on diseases and health status in our changing world, and mentoring young students and researchers.

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