Globalization is profoundly affecting worldwide disease patterns and revealing enormous disparities in health care stemming from economic, social, environmental, political, and other inequalities.

Recognizing that global health is not only a moral imperative but also a key to global stability, Duke Global Health works to reduce health disparities both in our local community and worldwide.

The Institute seeks to bring together interdisciplinary teams to address highly complex global health problems (such as HIV and emerging infections), to generate new ideas powerful enough to influence policy makers, and to serve disadvantaged populations both at home and abroad.