Global Health Service Corps

History of Effort

April 2005

Healers Abroad: Americans Responding to the Human Resource Crisis in HIV/AIDS

“The Global Health Service...would both symbolize the commitment of people of the United States and catalyze the movement of U.S. health personnel overseas to help in the global counterattack on HIV/AIDS. It would be a program of strategic humanitarianism, providing the support required by U.S. health professionals to assist people in need and to train counterpart health personnel abroad. The Global Health Service would help to stabilize societies at risk and demonstrate American compassion and civic spirit.”