Our goals are to:

• Improve people's lives by decreasing premature death and disability
• Build capacity of local communities to improve health and health care access
• Motivate the public and private sectors to drive consensus and action for the improvement of health globally

To fulfill its mission and goals, the Institute for Global Health will continue to:

• Conduct objective, multidisciplinary research
• Develop, implement, and evaluate health policies
• Provide high-level training to scientists, leaders, and policymakers

The IGH was a partner institution of the International Network Health Policy & Reform from 2002 until 2008.