"Treating Locally, Healing Globally" CGHI's mission is to enable sustainable global health for children and their communities through education, training, clinical care and translational research. The Children's Global Health Initiative (CGHI) represents the collaborative efforts of researchers and clinicians from Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), the research arm of Childr
en's Hospital & Research Center Oakland. CGHI collaborates with other non-profits, universities, institutes and biotechnology companies to provide a venue for the medical and scientific world to collaborate in a bilateral fashion to develop and implement cures for childhood and adult diseases globally. This includes the bilateral exchange of physicians, scientists, postdoctoral fellows, medical students, graduate students and undergraduate students for training in appropriate medical and basic science technology and education. We also have ongoing translational research projects on specific topics relevant to individual countries as well as other topics for improving the global health of children and individuals of all ages. In addition, we have three Focused Country Programs in Vietnam, Ecuador and Uganda that include capacity building, clinical service, education, training and research. As part of capacity building, we promote country-appropriate medical and research technologies for these low-resource settings.
