Abstract:
Global partnerships offer opportunities for academic
departments in the health sciences to achieve mutual
benefits. However, they are often challenged by inequities
in power, privilege and finances between partners
that have plagued the discipline of global health since
its founding. In this article, a group of global health
practitioners in academic medicine offer a pragmatic
framework and practical examples for designing
more ethical, equitable and effective collaborative
global relationships between academic health science
departments, building on the principles laid out by the
coalition Advocacy for Global Health Partnerships in the
Brocher declaration.
