Global Health Partnerships

Global Health Partnerships is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1113101).

Global Health Partnerships exists to work towards a world where everyone has access to healthcare, by training and educating health workers in Africa and Asia in partnership with organisations and volunteers from across the UK. It says it has managed over 300 grants through a range of partnerships, with grant values between £3,000 and £1.5m. It also offers grant management services for government, private sector, NGO and donor partners, aimed at delivering and supporting programmes that strengthen health systems globally. Its reported annual giving is £7,784,136, and its GCB Programme awarded 24 grants in 4 countries: 7 large grants of £50,000 each, 11 small grants of £10,000 each, and 6 SCALE grants of up to £20,000 each. Its Global Health Workforce Programme also includes large and small grants for projects tackling specific areas.

Priority Areas

Global Health Partnerships makes grants to Health Partnerships delivering projects in keeping with its mission. It focuses on strengthening health systems and building health workforce capacity in low- and middle-income countries, particularly through training and education for health professionals and reciprocal knowledge exchange between UK and overseas health institutions. The organisation works closely with Ministries of Health and institutional partners, responding to local and national priorities. Its partnerships are long-term and based on a reciprocal exchange of skills, knowledge and experience. Grants are selected through a fair and transparent process, using template forms and guidance that set out the funding purpose, eligibility criteria and a submission and selection timeline. Once awarded, grants are monitored against milestones and require financial and narrative reports.

Themes

• Health workforce training
• Health systems strengthening

Geographic Focus

Any part of the world. Priority: Africa; Asia.

Applicants are provided with template forms and guidelines setting out the purpose of the funds, eligibility criteria and a timeline for submission and selection; grants are selected through a fair and transparent process.

What the charity says:

• Partnerships should be based on needs identified by local partners and Ministries of Health.
• Partnerships should reflect strategic collaboration, mutual respect and alignment with national priorities.
• Grantees report at contracted intervals and measure progress against milestones.