Aspen Global Health and Development (GHD) has a straightforward mission: It supports innovative strategies for global health and poverty alleviation. GHD supports public leaders in health in low- and middle-income countries and creative solutions to address global health and poverty at significant scale.

Why We Launched GHD. Most of the developing world will not reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly in health and poverty reduction, and gaping inequities in health and income remain between the developed and developing world.  The last decade has seen progress in reduction of major diseases, yet developing county health systems are fragile and large percentages of populations still do not have access to basic health care. Integrating health and poverty alleviation strategies is essential for accelerating progress towards the MGDs.

What GHD Will Do. GHD's mission is to identify, assess, and support highly innovative strategies for global health and poverty alleviation.  As a legacy program of Realizing Rights, GHD will continue and grow Realizing Rights' Global Health Equity Program. GHD will also continue programs in the following areas:  the global health workforce crisis, policy innovations to address the challenges of global health worker migration, women’s global health including maternal mortality and reproductive health, community based models of financing for health, and aid effectiveness in development assistance for health.