For over a decade, Yale Partnerships for Global Health has worked to reduce the burden of infectious diseases around the world by educating, training, and supporting the careers of biomedical and public health researchers.
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When he announced the Yale African Initiative (YAI) during his inaugural address in 2013, President Peter Salovey promised to “foster new directions in research on Africa, identify new partnerships with those on the continent, and strengthen our...
Yale University and the Higherlife Foundation have announced a commitment to extend the Yale Young African Scholars program (YYAS) for another five years, a move made possible through the continuing generosity of Zimbabwean-born philanthropists Strive and...
On March 11, President Peter Salovey opened the Yale Leadership Forum in Accra, Ghana, hosted by Yale, La Fundación Mujeres por África (the Women for Africa Foundation), and Banco Santander. Previous participants of Yale’s Leadership Forum for Strategic...
On March 13, President Peter Salovey met with the Vice President of Ghana Mahamudu Bawumia in a ceremony celebrating Yale’s ongoing partnership with institutions of higher learning in Ghana.
During his four-day visit to Ghana, Salovey extended and renewed...
Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS), a flagship program of the Yale Africa Initiative now celebrating its fifth anniversary, is a week-long course designed to introduce high school students to the concept of a liberal arts education in the United States...
On March 14, President Peter Salovey toured Sanergy, a manufacturing facility in Nairobi, Kenya, founded by David Auerbach ’03 and Lindsay Stradley ’03. The company’s mission is to make hygienic sanitation affordable and more accessible throughout Africa...