The Institute for Global Health and Development at QMU, Edinburgh, is transforming global health.
We are advancing global and public health through pioneering research, impactful education, and practical solutions to today’s challenges.
We think globally, act locally, and make a meaningful impact.
At IGHD, our research leverages critical social science insights to drive meaningful action for the health and development of vulnerable communities around the world.
Director of IGHD
Email: IGHD@qmu.ac.uk
The Institute for Global Health and Development applies social science in order to understand and impact the health and development of vulnerable and marginalised populations globally.
The Institute for Global Health and Development applies social science in order to understand and impact the health and development of vulnerable and marginalised populations globally.
IGHD builds upon a long-standing track-record of engagement in the field of global health and development at QMU (51³Ô¹Ïapp), with an emphasis on supporting the development of policy and systems in the context of community engagement.
51³Ô¹Ïapp was selected as a focus for supporting capacity development in primary healthcare in the wake of theÌý, through the establishment of a Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Health Care in the 1980s.
It led a major programme of strengthening nursing services in Bangladesh in the 1990s and was a founder member of theÌý network on the establishment of the Centre for International Health Studies in 1993.
UNHCR: United Nations High Commission for Refugees
The Health System Resilience, Enhancement and Refugee Response Project (HSRERRP) is a three-year research project, funded by UNHCR Geneva, which aims to document and learn from different approaches to meeting the health needs of refugees. The research is being led by 51³Ô¹Ïapp, Edinburgh with the support and partnership of some in-country partners. Ìý
ÌýReBUILD for Resilience: Health System Resilience in Fragile Settings Experiencing Violence, Conflict, Pandemics and Other Shocks
Co-led and co-designed by IGHD at QMU, ReBUILD for Resilience is an international consortium of organisations from Lebanon, Myanmar, Nepal, Sierra Leone and the UK. Between us we have expertise across all health systems pillars and in a wide range of disciplines including public health, epidemiology, social sciences, health economics, political science, research methodologies and gender.
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ÌýAugust 2022 – July 2024
This multi-disciplinary project examines infection prevention and control (IPC) practices in the context of care provision in Ugandan health facilities and communities facing recurrent epidemics.
Our analysis of distancing and personal protective measures for IPC is grounded in a broader mapping of geographic and social distance that characterise the material realities and practices of care in Uganda.
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The NIHR Research Unit on Health in Situations of Fragility (RUHF) at QMU, Edinburgh focuses on contexts where displacement, conflict, pandemic disease or weak capacity makes the delivery of vital health services especially challenging.
Funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the RUHF is one of thirteen Global Health Research Units across the UK to lead research in key areas of relevance to global development.
REDRESS: Reducing the Burden of Severe Stigmatising Skin Diseases through equitable person-centred approaches to health systems strengthening.
Severe Stigmatising Skin Diseases (SSSDs) are the 4th leading cause of disability worldwide. Individuals with these skin diseases find it difficult to access health care, which can lead to physical, mental, social and economic hardship.
Around one in three refugees come into the UK via family reunion. Unlike those who arrive through the asylum process or resettlement programmes, people who come into the UK on a family reunion visa are not offered any formal support to access services and are left on their own to navigate our complex health, education, housing and welfare services.
The new Family Reunion Integration Service (FRIS) supports families through core casework to ensure they are able to access basic rights, including registering with a GP, gaining access to universal credits, having appropriate accommodation, and getting children into school.
Evidence of our impact in contemporary health and development challenges in low- and middle-income countries and their connection to global systems and trends.
Our researchers are providing a critical perspective on issues affecting global health and development, and to identify tangible actions via which they can be addressed.
IGHD members offer expertise in:
We were established as the Centre for International Health Studies in 1993 and became the first institute of the University, the Institute for International Health and Development, in 2005.
In 2015, we were renamed the Institute for Global Health and Development to reflect our understanding of the impact of globalisation on health and the partnership between the global north and south to address it.Ìý
Since our establishment, we have equipped more than 500 master’s and doctoral alumni from Sub-Saharan Africa, South and East Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas for work in the health, development and humanitarian sectors.
We offer courses in:
Interested in doing Postgraduate or Doctoral/PhD studies with us?
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