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In the Name of Global Health: Trends in Academic Institutions

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This paper describes accelerating development of programs in global health, particularly in North American academic institutions, and sets this phenomenon in the context of earlier programs in tropical medicine and international health that originated predominantly in Europe. Like these earlier programs, the major focus of the new global health programs is on the health needs of developing countries, and perhaps for this reason, few similar programs have emerged in academic institutions in the developing countries themselves. If global health is about the improvement of health worldwide, the reduction of disparities, and protection of societies against global threats that disregard national borders, it is essential that academic institutions reach across geographic, cultural, economic, gender, and linguistic boundaries to develop mutual understanding of the scope of global health and to create collaborative education and research programs. One indication of success would be emergence of a new generation of truly global leaders working on a shared and well-defined agenda – and doing so on equal footing.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Sarah B Macfarlane

  2. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Marian Jacobs

  3. Continuing Education and Professional Development, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Ephata E Kaaya

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  1. Sarah B Macfarlane
  2. Marian Jacobs
  3. Ephata E Kaaya

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Correspondence to Sarah B Macfarlane.

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Is global health about improving health worldwide, reducing disparities, and protection of societies against global threats that disregard national borders? The authors discuss distinctions among academic programs in tropical medicine, international health, or global health and call for new clarity and better collaboration across institutions.

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Macfarlane, S., Jacobs, M. & Kaaya, E. In the Name of Global Health: Trends in Academic Institutions. J Public Health Pol 29, 383–401 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2008.25

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