UNC Global Women’s Health (GWH) is a unique group of clinicians, researchers and public health professionals working to improve the health of women and families in the world’s poorest countries. Driven by outcomes and intensely practical, we are not afraid to go after the big problems (e.g., maternal mortality, stillbirth, preterm birth, AIDS in women and children), and we believe big problems can be solved. We believe firmly that real solutions come only by working side-by-side with our in-country partners.
Collectively, we have raised over $300 million in funding for our work from the US government and private foundation sources. Our ultimate purpose is to make discoveries and implement programs that will substantially and measurably improve the health and wellbeing of women living in the world’s poorest countries.
For a complete list of division members, visit our Global Women’s Health team page.
If you are interested in a fellowship training with UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, please visit our Global Women’s Health Fellowship.
7 days ago
UNC OBGYN Jeffrey Stringer has developed a portable ultrasound device using AI to read the results of the scans it produces, reducing the need for trained staff in areas lacking health care resources. When Jeffrey Stringer was in the middle of his medical program at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in the mid-1990s, one of his patients died. She …
1 month ago
The Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID) and UNC Global Women’s Health announce the first two PhD graduates of the UNC-UNZA-Wits Partnership for HIV and Women’s Reproductive Health Training Program, led by co-principal investigators Carla Chibwesha, MD, MSc, and Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc, in Global Women’s Health. Funded by the Fogarty International Center, part …
3 months ago
“An ultrasound may seem commonplace during pregnancy. In fact, the World Health Organization recommends that all pregnant people receive at least 1 examination during the first 24 weeks. But Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, MD, the division director of global women’s health and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina School …
6 months ago
Doctors John Boggess and Jeffrey Stringer from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology have been appointed to Distinguished Professorships. This prestigious honor is among the highest the University bestows upon its faculty, recognizing those who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in their fields or across disciplines. John Boggess, MD, has been appointed as the Catherine Sou-Mei …
