Global Health Corps provides financial support, professional development, and mentorship to hundreds of fellows each year.

[3] Established in 2009,[4] in that year Global Health Corps sent its first class of fellows to year-long assignments in Rwanda, Malawi, Tanzania, Newark, and Boston.

After a two-week Training Institute at Stanford University, the fellows began assignments with one of five partner nonprofits: the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative, Partners In Health, the Southern African Center for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Covenant House in Newark, New Jersey, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

[6] The Global Health Corps concept arose from brainstorming at the aids2031 conference hosted by Google.org in March 2008.

The fellows were recruited from:[11] Global Health Corps fellows work in diverse professional areas including:[12] Global Health Corps recruits, selects and places emerging young leaders with non-profit organizations and government agencies in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.