Academic partnerships key to successful global health programs, study says

The START Center’s research is the focus of the following article by NIH Fogarty International Center. 

Partnerships are a key component of successful global health programs but could be strengthened by addressing inequities in relationships between high- and low-income institutions, developing additional South-South collaborations and better preparing North American students for training in low-resource settings. These and other findings were the result of a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), conducted with the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) and the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington.

The report, titled “Global Health Programs and Partnerships: Evidence of Mutual Benefit and Equity,” also presents a framework for success to guide the development of sustainable global health programs and calls for additional funding to support partnership building. The project, launched with a panel discussion at CSIS, builds on a previous analysis of the dramatic growth of interest in global health on campuses, conducted in 2009.

Read the full article on the NIH Fogarty International Center website. 

Read the corresponding project snapshot and full report.