Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Since its modest beginning more than 40 years ago, the Department of International Health has developed a renowned, multidisciplinary faculty and grown into a global leadership role in health research, policy analysis, and program implementation.

International Health was acknowledged as a distinct academic discipline in 1961, when the first formal program of its type was introduced at Johns Hopkins. The program grew out of long-standing interests at the School of Public Health in the global health problems of developing countries and in relevant research and program management by international agencies and national governments.