The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a public-private centre that is the
result of an innovative alliance between ”la Caixa” and various academic and
government institutions, including the Spanish Government, the Catalan Government
and the Barcelona City Council. ISGlobal’s mission is to improve global health and
promote health equity through excellence in research, and the translation and
application of knowledge.
With a track record in global health stretching back more than 30 years, ISGlobal has
consolidated a hub of excellence in research and medical care that has its roots in
work first started in the world of health care by the Hospital Clínic and the Mar Health
Park and in the academic sphere by the University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra
University. Its working model is based on the generation of scientific knowledge
through Research Programmes and Groups, and its translation through the areas of
Education and Training and Translation and Societal Impact. Its ultimate goal is to help
close the gaps in health disparities between and within different regions of the
world.
ISGlobal, which belongs to the CERCA network of research centres, has become a pioneer in its field, combining research on communicable diseases with research on chronic diseases and their environmental and climatic causes.