GLOBAL HEALTH
Explore Global Health
Introductory resources that help young people understand what global health means and why health is connected to communities, environments, economies, and societies.
DevelopingLEARN • EXPLORE • DISCOVER • ACT
A growing collection of learning tools, educational materials, evidence, and opportunities designed to help young people, educators, families, and communities explore global health.
A LIVING LEARNING LIBRARY
Global Health Explorers is building a growing collection of resources that can help young people understand health, equity, science, data, communities, and the world around them.
Resources will be developed and curated for different audiences, recognizing that young learners, educators, parents, and community partners have different needs.
FOR YOUNG LEARNERS
Resources designed to support curiosity, critical thinking, evidence-based learning, and exploration of global health.
Introductory resources that help young people understand what global health means and why health is connected to communities, environments, economies, and societies.
DevelopingLearning materials that explore why health outcomes differ between people and communities, and how social, economic, environmental, and structural factors shape health.
DevelopingResources connecting global health with the Sustainable Development Goals and helping young learners understand how health intersects with education, climate, poverty, equality, and sustainable development.
DevelopingBeginner-friendly resources for interpreting health indicators, charts, graphs, trends, comparisons, and evidence.
DevelopingResources introducing young people to the opportunities, limitations, ethics, and responsible use of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies in health.
DevelopingLearning materials exploring the connections between climate change, environmental conditions, ecosystems, and human health.
DevelopingFOR TEACHERS & PARENTS
Young people learn through classrooms, families, communities, conversations, projects, and experiences. GHE aims to provide practical resources that educators and parents can use to support meaningful learning.
Structured lesson plans designed to help educators introduce global health concepts through age- appropriate discussions, activities, evidence, and real-world examples.
DevelopingDownloadable activities, reflection exercises, data exploration tasks, and project-based learning tools for young learners.
DevelopingOpen-ended questions and structured discussion frameworks designed to help students examine health, equity, evidence, ethics, and different perspectives.
DevelopingShort videos, visual explanations, animations, interviews, and other media designed to make complex global health topics accessible and engaging.
DevelopingPractical guidance for students and educators who want to move from learning about global health to investigating questions and developing solutions.
DevelopingAge-appropriate conversation guides and learning resources that can help families explore health, wellbeing, global issues, and responsible citizenship together.
DevelopingFOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Learning becomes more meaningful when young people have opportunities to apply their knowledge, collaborate with others, and contribute to real-world challenges.
Opportunities for young people to investigate global health questions, work with data, develop ideas, and communicate solutions.
Explore Challenges →A flagship GHE initiative connecting global health questions with data literacy, analytical thinking, research, and youth innovation.
Explore GHBDC →Resources and opportunities designed to help young people develop communication, collaboration, analytical thinking, initiative, and leadership skills.
Take Action →GHE aims to recognize meaningful participation, learning, creativity, contribution, and leadership as young people progress through the GHE learning journey.
DevelopingDATA • EVIDENCE • CRITICAL THINKING
Global health decisions depend on trustworthy evidence. GHE encourages young people to ask where information comes from, how data are collected, what the evidence shows, and what remains uncertain.
Learning how common health indicators are defined, measured, compared, and interpreted.
DevelopingUnderstanding charts, graphs, maps, dashboards, and other ways of communicating health data.
DevelopingLearning to distinguish reliable evidence from unsupported claims and to identify credible sources of health information.
DevelopingDeveloping the curiosity and analytical skills needed to ask meaningful questions about health and society.
DevelopingGLOBAL HEALTH REFERENCE
GHE encourages learners to explore authoritative sources of health information, international organizations, research institutions, and public health knowledge platforms.
A major international source of evidence, guidance, health data, and information on global public health.
External reference sourceResources and evidence related to children, adolescents, education, wellbeing, development, and child rights.
External reference sourceResources addressing population health, adolescent health, sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and human development.
External reference sourceA broad source for information about the Sustainable Development Goals, global development, international cooperation, and global challenges.
External reference sourceREAD • WATCH • LISTEN
GHE will progressively curate books, articles, reports, podcasts, videos, interactive tools, and other materials that help young people explore global health and related issues.
Carefully selected reading materials introducing global health concepts, scientific thinking, health equity, and the experiences of communities around the world.
Coming SoonAccessible reports and evidence summaries that help learners connect global health concepts with current challenges and real-world data.
Coming SoonEngaging multimedia resources designed to complement reading and classroom learning.
Coming SoonTHE GHE RESOURCE LIBRARY
The GHE Resource Library will grow continuously. New educational materials, evidence resources, activities, projects, and opportunities will be added as they are developed, reviewed, and curated.
Our goal is not simply to collect information. It is to help young people develop the ability to find trustworthy knowledge, ask thoughtful questions, interpret evidence, and use what they learn responsibly.
OUR COMMITMENT
GHE believes that access to knowledge is only the beginning. Young people need the skills to evaluate information, understand evidence, recognize uncertainty, appreciate different perspectives, and translate learning into responsible action.
We are building a resource ecosystem that supports that journey—from curiosity to knowledge, from knowledge to action, and from action to leadership.
Learn Global Health.
Think Critically.
Lead Compassionately.