The Centre for Global Health is an academic hub for global health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. The Centre catalyzes collaborative, interdisciplinary and equity-informed global health research, offers global health education and training across the education continuum, and works closely with strategic partners to build a global health network across the DLSPH.

Located in one of the most diverse cities in the world, we are leveraging our location and Canadian values of equity, universal healthcare and social protection to make an impact on the Sustainable Development Goals  (SDGs). Universal health coverage (SDG3) is one of the major topics we are tackling along with other emerging and pressing global health issues.

Read all about the launch of the Centre for Global Health in 2020.

Centre News

Harvard x U of T Health Systems Hackathon

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Toronto Hub at the DLSPH (Credit: Toronto Hub Organizing Team)

The Centre for Global Health with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation co-sponsored the Toronto Hub of the 2025 Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab Hackathon, which took place April 11 – 12.

This global competition brings together student teams and faculty mentors at Hackathon hubs across the world to showcase new projects and ideas that reimagine the future of healthcare.

Feature Articles

Accelerating anaemia reduction through multisectoral approaches: An urgent matter in global health

Titilola Abolade (Mastercard Foundation scholar in the Doctor of Public Health program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and doctoral student in the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health at the Centre for Global Health) explains why anemia reduction should be a global health priority.

Read the article in our January 2025 newsletter.

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Titilola Abolade

Art as a bridge: An interview with Dr. Nancy Edwards on leveraging theater to communicate global health complexities

Diana Kaliza (Master of Public Health student in the Social and Behavioural Health Sciences program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health) interviewed Dr. Nancy Edwards about the connections between global health and the arts in her play Rethinking Good Intentions. Dr. Edwards performed the play last October at University of Toronto’s Alumni Hall.

Read the interview in our December 2024 newsletter.

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Diana Kaliza

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Nancy Edwards / Credit: Lauren Rockburn

ABOUT THE CENTRE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH

Global Health Community

Educational & Training Programs

Co-curricular & Events

Global Health Research

Our Team

Students

Faculty

Partnership

Collaborative Specialization in Global Health (CSGH)

Practicums

Doctor of Public Health

Global Health Courses

Executive Course on Global Health Diplomacy

Health Inc: Corporations, capitalism, and commercial determinants of health

Women in Global Health Fellowship

Additional Programs

 Healthy Cities in the SDG Era Podcast

Events

Newsletter

Postdoctoral Fellows

Visiting Leaders

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Collaborative to Strengthen the Implementation of UHC

Towards a Global Health Strategy for Canada

FROM THE ARCHIVES

The John R. Evans Lectureship in Global Health was established by Dr. David Naylor, when he was The University of Toronto’s Dean of Medicine. The lectureship acknowledges the major role Dr. Evans played in the University of Toronto’s history and his global contributions to the advancement of human health and well-being.

Professor Agnes Binagwaho, keynote speaker, delivered a talk on May 2, 2023 titled, “Global Health Equity & Covid-19 – Where do we go from here?”