Sustainable Health Initiative

Innovating for social, health, and environmental impact

In alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Yale Institute for Global Health’s Sustainable Health Initiative strives to solve complex global health challenges through business-minded approaches, creative problem-solving methods, and robust international collaboration.

SHI is a home for global health entrepreneurship at Yale. In 2019, SHI launched a global health innovations accelerator program with five Indian and Yale-affiliated startups with high impact potential. Startups supported by SHI have focuses on environmental sustainability, access to quality healthcare, maternal and child health outcomes, infectious disease, and health care technology.

Are you interested in the program or have more questions? Visit the Sustainable Health Initiative page or schedule office hours with Fatema Basrai, Managing Director to learn more.