Help Save Lives
When it comes to cancer, where you live can determine if you live. In sub-Saharan Africa, deaths from cancer are increasing at an alarming rate. The Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health is confronting this crisis. With your help, we can save lives and transform cancer care in the region.
Help NJ Communities
Global health means promoting health equity everywhere, and that includes Rutgers’ home state. We are working to confront health disparities in New Jersey’s low-income and minority communities. With your help, we can create a healthier New Jersey for all.
Help Drive Solutions
All over the world, there are profound disparities in the conditions required for good health. We drive health equity solutions, locally and worldwide, through research, partnership, and capacity building. With your help, we can create a healthier world for everyone.
EVENTS
Rutgers Giving Days
March 20 - March 21From March 20–21, we are asking for your support to create a healthier world for everyone.
The Rutgers Health Anniversary Symposium: “Uncovering Solutions to Health Inequities”
March 20 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pmThis special 10th anniversary event will explore health equity and disparities in our communities t...
NEWS
Naa Oyo A. Kwate to Receive the 2024 Best Book in the Field of Urban Affairs Award
A core faculty member of Rutgers Global Health Institute, Kwate spent many years on the research that led to White Burgers, Black Cash. The book explores how the fast food industry has evolved from a history of racist exclusion to the current targeting of Black Americans.
We Need Cancer Groundshot and Cancer Moonshot, Says Rutgers Global Health Institute Director
World Cancer Day is February 4. Richard Marlink, director of Rutgers Global Health Institute, discusses what we can do about the crisis of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa.