The University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health (EIGH) serves as a university-wide enterprise that recognizes health as a fundamental human right and works to promote research, training, and service to advance health standards and reduce health disparities for all. The EIGH brings together multidisciplinary teams to understand and address health challenges that disproportionately affect the poor and to train the next generation of global health leaders.
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Join the Master of Science in Global Health program
The two-year Master of Science in Global Health (MSGH) program enables students to bridge classroom training with complex, real health needs of low-resource communities around the world through hands-on experience.
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Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health at the Eck Institute
Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health (EIGH) is committed to addressing the critical healthcare needs of pregnant and postpartum women and their children.
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Notre Dame faculty fight malaria resurgence in Bangladesh
Between 2008 and 2020, districts across the country of Bangladesh saw a 93% reduction in malaria cases. Today, as the world reflects on the World Malaria Day 2024 theme, “accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world,” researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing new community-centered approaches to prevent a resurgence.
News
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Events
Pop Up Pregnancy & Family Village
Pop Up Pregnancy & Family Village
Enhancing Perinatal Safety Through Strategic Health Systems Partnership
Join the Eck Institute for Global Health for a Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Speaker Series event featuring professor William J. Riley, PhD.
Drawing from his expertise in leading academic and industry partnerships, Riley will…