Students shaping a fairer future for health
Students for Global Health is the UK’s largest student-led global-health network and a registered charity.
Across our university branches and national community, we bring together students from different disciplines, backgrounds and parts of the country who believe that health equity is something we can help create – not simply something we should study.
We connect local action with national advocacy and international opportunity, giving students the community, skills and platform to engage with the forces shaping health in the UK and around the world.
Our vision
A fair and just world in which equity in health is a reality for all
Health is shaped by far more than healthcare. Politics, economics, education, identity, conflict, climate and power all influence who has the opportunity to live a healthy life.
We believe students should be equipped to understand those systems, challenge injustice within them and contribute meaningfully to change.
That is why Students for Global Health exists: to build a community of students with the knowledge, confidence and connections to turn concern into action.
Student-led at every level
SfGH is not simply an organisation working on behalf of students. Students shape, lead and deliver the movement.
Our university branches respond to the issues that matter within their communities. Our elected National Committee connects and supports the UK-wide network. Our members develop campaigns, deliver education, lead working groups, organise events and represent student perspectives nationally and internationally.
The Board of Trustees provides oversight and supports the charity to remain accountable, responsible and sustainable.
Together, these parts create one movement: locally rooted, nationally connected and globally engaged.
What makes our network different
Led by students
Students do not have to wait until graduation to contribute. SfGH gives members opportunities to learn, lead, organise and influence change now.
Across disciplines
Global health is not owned by any one profession. Our network welcomes students from every subject and background who share a commitment to health equity and social justice.
Local to global
Our branches create change within their universities and communities, while the national network connects students with advocacy, training, partnerships and international representation.
Learning to act
We bring education, advocacy and community action together – helping students understand the world, find their voice and use what they learn.
More than 30 years of student action
From our beginnings as MedSIN to the network we are today, generations of students have shaped Students for Global Health around the challenges of their time.
The organisation has changed, grown and learned – but its central belief has remained: students have the power to build communities, challenge injustice and influence the future of health.
Explore Students for Global Health
Who we are
Meet the student leaders, trustees and partners who support and shape Students for Global Health.
Discover where we came from
Explore more than 30 years of student organising – from our beginnings as MedSIN to the UK-wide network we are today.
See how we are governed
Learn how decisions are made, how members shape the organisation and how we remain accountable as a registered charity.
Find your place in the movement