Global health is, by definition and necessity, holistic. It does not occur in a vacuum, separate from other aspects of social and economic development, nor does it advance along only a single line. While enormous progress has taken place in aspects of biomedical science, the tools of public health and management, and social and political engagement, it is only when these elements have come together that we have seen real and lasting strides in improving the health of the world’s poorest citizens.
How can we best use our collective experiences, resources, expertise, passion and humanity to help change the fundamentals of global health? Not alone in narrow disciplines, but through partnerships that draw on differing perspectives, differing knowledge and experience, and differing priorities. All of us need to understand better how to mobilize such partnerships, how to make them most effective, and where to turn for experience and help.
The Global Health Council’s 34th Annual International Conference is dedicated to exploring these relationships: how they are built, what they have and can deliver, and how those living in poverty and disease can best benefit. All of these joint efforts are means to our common end: to tackle complex health problems and find solutions to these
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problems at all levels, and in so doing, improve the health of the world.
Abstracts are sought that will detail a range of partnerships – among others, between NGOs, the private sector and governments; between and among service delivery, advocacy, research and academic organizations; among institutions based in the Developing World (South-to-South) and between them and those based in industrialized countries; and between bilateral donors, multilateral institutions, and foundations, and those who implement programs.
In each case we seek examples and models of cooperation and collaboration, and lessons learned both in the process of partnership and in the outcomes of such partnerships. How did a partnership add value? What were the key challenges and solutions addressed in building and strengthening a partnership? What are the trade-offs of engaging in partnerships versus going it alone? What is generalizable to others seeking to have the greatest impact at the most reasonable cost?
The Global Health Council invites you to submit an abstract addressing these and other important lessons that can help in improving overall health status and in reducing health inequities.
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