Global HealthShare ® initiative: Summary and Operational Strategy The power of sharing – A new...

Global HealthShare® initiative: Summary and Operational Strategy

The power of sharing – A new paradigm for nutrition and health in the 21st

century.

About Our Initiative

Global HealthShare is a completely project-based program that identifies innovative, market-driven solutions to improve health and generate economic growth in the

developing world.

Mission

To promote global health and wellness through the power of sharing knowledge, technology

and resources.

Vision

To increase global economic citizenship, one healthy village at a time.

The Global Economic Pyramid

Universities and HospitalsWORLDWIDE• Adventist Health International, with 175

hospitals and more than 300 clinics, WORLDWIDE

• OneWorld Health/PATH, WORLDWIDE

NORTH AMERICA• Arizona State University, AZ, USA• Loma Linda University, CA, USA• Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA• Pitzer College, CA, USA• University of California, Davis, USA• University of Virgin Islands, USA• University of Guelph, CANADA• University of Toronto, CANADA

AFRICA• University of Botswana, BOTSWANA• Human Needs Project, KENYA

ASIA• Filaria Hospital, Syedpur, BANGLADESH • Filaria Hospital, Savar, BANGLADESH• Fuzhou University, Fujian, CHINA• Kyoto University, Kyoto, JAPAN• Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda

University, Belur, INDIA• South China Agricultural University,

Guangzhou, CHINA

Government, Industry, and NGOs

AFRICA• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR), Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA

ASIA• Directorate General of Health Services, Gov.

of Bangladesh, BANGLADESH• Institute for Allergy and Clinical Immunology,

Dhaka, BANGLADESH• International Center for Diarrheal Disease

Research, Dhaka, BANGLADESH • Nara Institute for Science and Technology,

Nara, JAPAN• OneWorld Health South Asia, New Delhi,

INDIA

NORTH AMERICA• California Institute for Food and

Agricultural Research, Davis, CA, USA• Creative Research Management, Stockton,

CA, USA • OneWorld Health, San Francisco, CA, USA• PHL Associates, Davis, CA, USA• PIPRA, Davis, CA, USA• Sage Bionetworks, Palo Alto, CA, USA• SoyLabs, LLC, Mexico, MO, USA• ARS/USDA Western Human Nutrition

Research Center, Davis, CA, USA

Projects in Development

For detailed project factsheets, visit: nutrigenomics.ucdavis.edu/?page=GHS/Current_Projects

Rabies Vaccines for Bangladesh

Partners: Institute for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Bangladesh and more.

Improving Food Security in Climate- Challenged India and Bangladesh

Partners: Ramakrishna Mission Vivekanada University (RKMVU), India and more.

“RuralTech” – Rural On-Farm Training for Rwanda

Partner: Land O’Lakes – International Development Division.

Improving ORS Formulation to Treat Children with Diarrhea

Partners: International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh and more.

Next-Generation Therapeutic Nutrition to Treat Malnutrition

Partners: International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh and more

Summary

If products like phones and soft drinks can be found even in the most rural corners of the developing world, so should basic health education, products, and services.

ContactRaymond L. Rodriguez, PhD Director, Center of Excellence in Nutritional GenomicsProfessor, Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyUniversity of California, DavisOne Shields Ave., PRB 1139Davis, CA 95616 T: + 530 752 3263 F: + 530 752 2278rlrodriguez@ucdavis.eduhttp://www.mcb.ucdavis.edu/faculty-labs/rodriguez/teaching/index.htmlhttp://nutrigenomics.ucdavis.edu

Somen Nandi, PhDManaging Director, Global HealthShare® initiativeCenter of Excellence in Nutritional GenomicsUniversity of California, DavisOne Shields Ave., PRB 1144Davis, CA, 95616T: + 530 752 3613F: + 530 752 2278Skype: GHS.UCDsnandi@ucdavis.eduhttp://nutrigenomics.ucdavis.edu/GHS

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