Global Health Technical Professionals (GHTP) program

The Global Health Technical Professionals (GHTP), a project of the U.S.

Agency for International Development (USAID), supports the Global Health Bureaus commitment to improving global health outcomes in communities around the world by providing technical professionals at all career stages for posts both in Washington, D.C. and abroad.

These global health professionals augment the Agencys programs addressing its three strategic priorities: preventing child and maternal deaths; controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and, combating infectious diseases.

They improve the technical abilities of USAID offices, teams and working groups by bolstering technical leadership, accelerating innovation, increasing science and technology capabilities, strengthening local capacities, promoting gender equality, and providing acquisition and additional services on a variety of global health program initiatives