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Institute of Global Health Innovation

The Institute of Global Health Innovation is one of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's global challenge institutes. We empower people to transform health and care.

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A young child in a hospital being given fluid resuscitation by four healthcare workers

Caption: The standard treatment for severe malaria in children is still effective, even in regions of Africa where drug-resistant malaria parasites are becoming more common, according to new research led by Professor Kath Maitland and published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Image: Tom Gibb

Caption: New research from our Hamlyn Centre uses a novel ‘glow in the dark’ approach to study ‘leaky gut’.

Caption: A major new clinical trial, conducted by our Centre of African Research and Engagement, on over 400 children in four African countries, challenges longstanding international guidelines on how to treat dehydrated children with severe acute malnutrition caused by diarrhoea. Image © Laora Vigourt/MSF

Our centres

Our work is made possible through our seven Centres of Excellence that innovate across medicine, policy, technology and design. Our Centres collaborate to share knowledge, skills and expertise so that we can solve bigger problems and accelerate progress in healthcare. Find out more about our Centres here.

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Centre for Health Policy

The Centre for Health Policy's vision is to catalyse the development, uptake and diffusion of innovative, evidence-based health policy globally.
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Climate Cares Centre

Climate Cares is a team of researchers, designers, policy experts and educators working to understand and support mental health in the current climate
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Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery

The Hamlyn Centre works to develop safe, effective and accessible imaging, sensing and robotic technologies to shape the future of healthcare.
IGHI ICCARE - Centre for African Research and Engagement

Centre of African Research and Engagement (ICCARE)

ICCARE assembles our research, education and policy engagement in Africa and synthesises within themes.
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NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration

Working to improve patient safety and the quality of healthcare services.

Our highlights

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Annual Report 2025

Our 2025 annual report showcases key successes and advances from our fifteenth year. Foreword by our director, Professor the Lord Ara Darzi.

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Global State of Patient Safety 2025

Our latest report on patient safety was launched by Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP (pictured here) at the House of Lords in January 2026. Photo © Owen Billcliffe

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Education

The Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Digital Health Leadership is the flagship programme of the NHS Digital Academy. Pictured here is our eight cohort at the Digital Health Leadership Forum in York in September 2025. Photo © Alex Dodd

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Julia Anderson Training Programme

Our paid internship programme gives students and graduates professional work experience and skills. It is is open to people with no, or limited, prior work experience. Pictured here are three recent interns.

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Careers

Our Institute is made up of a multidisciplinary group of talented people with a common ambition to empower people to transform their health and that of others. Join our team and help us transform health for all.

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