Organization:Consortium of Universities for Global Health

Short description: U.S.-based nonprofit organization

Consortium of Universities for Global Health

Founded	2008
Type	International organization International NGO
Focus	Global health, especially within academia and between academia and other global health practice areas.
Location	Washington, D.C.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Keith Martin (physician), Executive Director
Website	www.cugh.org

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), established in 2008, is a membership-based nonprofit organization focusing on global health. Its members are primarily institutions, although individuals can also become members. CUGH members currently include over 145 academic institutions and other organizations. CUGH was established in 2008 with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation.

Annual conference

Since 2009, CUGH has held an annual conference for global health academics and practitioners.

• The fourth annual conference, held March 14–16, 2013, in Washington, D.C., had over 1,400 attendees, representing 56 countries and 721 institutions. Speakers at the conference included Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, the Minister of Health of Rwanda, Ambassador Eric Goosby of PEPFAR, and USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah.
• The fifth annual conference was held May 10–12, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The theme was "Universities 2.0: Advancing the Global Health Agenda in the Post-MDG Era."
• The seventh annual conference, April 8–11, 2016, in San Francisco, had over 1,800 attendees and the theme was "Bridging to a Sustainable Future in Global Health".
• The eighth annual conference was held April 7–9, 2017, in Washington, D.C., with the theme of "Healthy People, Healthy Ecosystems: Implementation, Leadership & Sustainability in Global Health".

External links

• CUGH website