Building Chinese Leadership in Global Health

This two year project at $340,000 would support for the first time global health leadership exposure and training of young Chinese professionals to understand, participate in, and actively engage in global health policy-making. Operated by Peking University in full cooperation with the Ministry of Health International Cooperation Department, this project will focus on training two cohorts of young Chinese professionals to prepare, participate, and assess their practical training at the World Health Assembly in May 2011 and 2012. Supportive activities include a Beijing-based symposium in Marcy 2011, learning at a comparable Asian training program in Nepal in April 2011, and evaluation after the 2012 WHA.

Grant dates  Saturday, January 1, 2011 to Monday, December 31, 2012
Amount  $340,000
Region  China
Grant number  10-013
Year  2010
Principal Investigator  Guo Yan