Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 Name of the Organization: Global Health Organization (abbreviated as GHO).
Article 2 Nature of the Organization: The Organization is an independent, neutral, non-governmental and non-profit international academic public welfare organization. It is not affiliated with any sovereign government, political party, military institution or commercial entity, and does not participate in or intervene in any political activities. Adhering strictly to the principle of academic neutrality and public welfare attributes of public health, the Organization independently conducts professional operations in the field of global health.
Article 3 Working Languages: The official working language of the Organization is English. Multilingual communication systems are adopted to adapt to global work scenarios and ensure the efficient delivery of worldwide operations.
Article 4 Registration and Residence: The Organization’s global headquarters is situated in the United States, with regional representative offices coordinating the advancement of global‑wide public‑welfare initiatives and academic research exchanges across the world.
Article 5 Vision, Mission and Core Values
Vision: To build a borderless, equal, inclusive and collaboratively governed global health community, enabling high-quality and inclusive medical and health services to cover every region of the world and benefit all humanity.
Mission: To integrate global medical scientific research and clinical expertise, build a platform for international academic exchange and sharing, prevent and defuse cross-border public health risks, bridge regional gaps in global health development, and comprehensively safeguard the life and health security of all mankind.
Core Values: Professionalism, Inclusiveness, Fraternity, Collaboration, Inclusivity.
Chapter II Business Scope
Centering on the development of global public health and medicine, the Organization conducts the following non-profit academic and public welfare businesses in compliance with laws and regulations:
1. To build an international and professional platform for global medical academic exchanges, and regularly hold international health summits, special academic forums, online advanced training courses, cross-border physician exchange visits and other activities to smooth communication channels in the global medical field;
2. To rely on professional committees and working committees to carry out scientific research, industry standard discussions, expert consensus formulation and industry specification optimization in segmented fields of global health, leading the professional development of the industry;
3. To launch public welfare programs including global public health emergency cooperation and exchanges, chronic disease prevention and control, cross-border joint prevention and control of infectious diseases, and cross-border medical assistance in underdeveloped regions, so as to improve the global public health system;
4. To promote global health science popularization, carry out public welfare publicity activities such as improving public health literacy and developing medical humanities, and consolidate the foundation of public health;
5. To connect top global medical schools, international public health institutions and medical societies worldwide, establish a multilateral academic cooperation mechanism, and carry out cooperative programs such as joint training of high-end medical talents and joint research on academic topics;
6. To regularly compile and release white papers on global health industry, cutting-edge medical research reports and public health development analysis reports, providing professional academic references and decision-making support for global public health governance and the development of medical undertakings in various countries.
Chapter III Membership Management
Article 6 Membership Categories: The Organization has three types of members: individual members,institutional members and expert menbers. Membership applications are open to global medical and health practitioners, medical researchers, domestic and foreign medical colleges, medical institutions and health research institutions worldwide.
Article 7 International Membership System: The Organization’s members cover multiple countries across the globe. The proportion of foreign members complies with the general standards of international non-governmental organizations, so as to fully guarantee the internationalization and diversification of the Organization.
Article 8 Membership Rights and Obligations
Members shall enjoy legitimate rights including the right to vote and stand for election to the Council, the right to participate in all academic and public welfare activities, the right to access the Organization’s academic resources and platforms, and the right to offer suggestions and supervision.
Members shall fulfill the obligations of paying membership fees in full and on time, strictly abiding by the Organization’s constitution and management systems, consciously safeguarding the Organization’s reputation and legitimate rights and interests, and actively cooperating with the Organization in carrying out relevant work.
Article 9 Membership Management Mechanism: The Organization has established standardized management systems for membership application, renewal, resignation and removal. Members who violate this Constitution, damage the Organization’s reputation, improperly use organizational resources or refuse to perform membership obligations shall be disposed of in accordance with rules through interviewing, warning, suspending membership privileges or terminating membership qualification.
Chapter IV Organizational Structure
Article 10 Council: The Council is the highest permanent decision-making and supervisory body and the core authority of the Organization. Its main functions are as follows:
To examine and approve the Organization’s medium and long-term development strategies, annual work plans and major development plans; to review and approve major international cooperation projects, public welfare assistance projects and special academic programs; to verify the Organization’s annual financial budgets, final accounts, social donations and major fund use plans; to supervise the performance and work effectiveness of the Secretariat, functional departments, professional committees and reginal representative offices; to be responsible for the revision of the Constitution, review of internal management systems and appointment and removal of core personnel; to comprehensively assess major operational risks, adjudicate major operational affairs, and ensure the standardized, internationalized and sustainable sound operation of the Organization.
Article 11 Secretariat: The Secretariat is the permanent executive and comprehensive management body of the Organization, fully implementing all resolutions of the Council. Its main functions are as follows:
To take charge of daily operation management, administrative coordination, document and meeting affairs, file management and system implementation; to undertake internal and external liaison, membership services and inter-institutional coordination; to formulate annual work plans, operation implementation plans and internal management systems; to follow up the implementation and progress control of all academic, public welfare and international cooperation projects; to be responsible for organizational brand building, external publicity and public relations maintenance, ensuring the efficient, standardized and orderly operation of the Organization.
Article 12 Specialized Committees: The Organization sets up three types of special institutions: working committees, professional committees and youth committees. Each committee focuses on segmented fields such as public health, clinical medicine and health management, specializing in academic research, technical seminars, project implementation and talent cultivation within respective fields.
Article 13 Regional Representative Offices: As local administrative bodies of the Organization, regional representative offices are mainly responsible for implementing local academic exchanges, public welfare assistance, membership services and regional health cooperation docking, promoting the localized and regular development of the Organization’s global businesses.
Chapter V Asset Management and Non-profit Rules
Article 14 Sources of Funds: The Organization’s funds are legally obtained, mainly including membership fees, social public welfare donations, compliant service fees from academic projects, legitimate proceeds from multilateral cooperation and other legal non-profit income.
Article 15 Core Non-profit Principles: The Organization strictly adheres to non-profit attributes and prohibits any form of profit sharing, interest transfer or private benefit return. All income and surplus of the Organization shall be exclusively used for academic research and exchanges, public welfare health assistance, project operation, office maintenance, talent development and global public welfare health undertakings.
Article 16 Asset Management Specifications: All assets and resources of the Organization are owned entirely by the Global Health Organization independently. No council members, staff, members, cooperative institutions or third-party entities shall embezzle, misappropriate, privately divide, covertly transfer or illegally dispose of organizational assets, nor shall they use organizational resources for personal gain.
Article 17 Financial Disclosure and Supervision: The Organization implements a standardized financial management system. It publicly releases third-party authoritative annual financial audit reports on a regular basis, and voluntarily accepts supervision from the Council, all members, cooperative institutions and the public to ensure full transparency, compliance and traceability of financial operations.
Article 18 Prohibition of Profit-making Operations: The Organization is prohibited from carrying out any profit-oriented commercial activities. All businesses are developed centering on global public welfare health undertakings and academic research services, adhering firmly to the non-profit operational bottom line.
Chapter VI Amendment of Constitution
Article 19 Amendment Procedures: Amendments to this Constitution shall be proposed by the Council and shall take effect only upon adoption by no less than two-thirds of all member representatives.
Article 20 Public Notification: All approved amendments to the Constitution shall be publicly disclosed in a timely manner to ensure the right to know and supervise of all members, cooperative institutions and all sectors of society.
Chapter VII Termination and Asset Disposal
Article 21 Termination Procedures: If the Organization is unable to continue its operation due to force majeure, policy adjustments or other major objective factors, the termination matters shall be publicly announced in advance to all members and the public, and all creditor’s rights and debts shall be liquidated in accordance with laws and regulations.
Article 22 Disposal of Remaining Assets: Upon the completion of liquidation after termination, all remaining assets and resources of the Organization shall be gratuitously transferred to international non-profit public health organizations with the same nature and mission for continued use in global public welfare health undertakings. No assets shall be distributed to any individuals, for-profit institutions or commercial entities, upholding the fundamental non-profit public welfare principle permanently.
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 23 Right of Interpretation: The GHO Council shall hold the final right of interpretation for this Constitution.
