Tying in with the news Potus has fired 16 members from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) might well be John Kerry’s daughter’s foundation Seed Global Health.
The Global Health Service Partnership is a public-private collaboration between Seed Global Health, the Peace Corps, and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Established in 2012, the GHSP program is a novel federal initiative addressing vast shortages of health professionals in many parts of the world.
Seed Global Health, formerly known as Global Health Service Corps, is a non-profit organization started in 2011 which helps to provide nursing and medical training support in resource-limited countries. Seed Global Health collaborates with the Peace Corps to create the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP) This program has established the first "Peace Corps for doctors and nurses". Since launch, GHSP has had 97 volunteers train more than 8,300 students in 5 African countries.
Seed, through GHSP, now supports medical and nursing schools in Liberia, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Uganda. The volunteers come from all regions of the U.S. and represent all stages of their careers.