Twenty-twelve marks an important year for the Global Health Council — 40 years since it was founded.
But instead of celebrating that milestone, GHC will shut its doors in the coming months and forgo its annual conference for the first time since 1973.
The council’s announcement Friday, April 20, that it will cease operations leaves a vacuum in the global health community. Described as the professional association for groups involved with global health and the convener of the community, GHC members will be left without a neutral broker, inviting questions about what went wrong and what comes next.