Capacity Building and Training
Today’s conservation challenges are greater than ever before. Thousands of species all over the world face extinction, and many fragile ecosystems are in danger. Every day, researchers learn more about how human and animal diseases can cause worldwide health and conservation issues.
The Global Health Program has created comprehensive training programs to protect Earth’s ecosystems and species, and to promote global health awareness. Through fellowships, internships and training courses, GHP offers opportunities to train in situ and ex situ with world leaders in wildlife health and conservation.
Projects
Advancing Care in Panda Medicine in China
The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, or Chengdu Panda Base, is a Chinese institution renowned for advances made in the propagation of giant pandas — one of the world’s most charismatic and endangered species.
International Exchange Program
The Global Health Program trains veterinarians at the human-wildlife interface to improve engagement in modern One Health techniques.
Rhino Conservation and Medicine
Smithsonian scientists are conducting a rhinoceros medicine workshop in Kenya and investigating a skin infection plaguing the endangered black rhinoceros.
Training Courses
The Global Health Program offers training programs that cover issues ranging from wildlife health and lab diagnostics to outbreak investigations.