VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPS – GLOBAL HEALTH

Are you seeking a highly relevant online global experience in the global health field that enables you to develop professional skills and offers you a thorough cultural immersion in a unique international setting? Our Virtual Internships in Global Health enable you to develop and apply your theoretical and practical knowledge in a supervised placement. GEI and Des Moines University have developed a Virtual Global Health Internship course that offers undergraduate and graduate students the unique opportunity to engage in GEI’s social impact projects in Mental Health and Maternal & Newborn Health at our African and Asian campus locations in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Vietnam. Custom placements have flexible dates with flexible duration (minimum 4 weeks).

At Global Engagement Institute, we pride ourselves to be a pioneer in high-impact international education, engagement and exchange in Africa and Asia. We are a private American institute with particularly deep roots in the countries where we operate.

Our work supports the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that was adopted by all UN member states in 2015. It is a plan of action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. At its core, it created 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets of critical importance for humanity and the planet.