Putting global health high on the agenda of medical schools
Issued Date
2023-04-01
Resource Type
ISSN
00435341
eISSN
1563258X
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85140085255
Pubmed ID
36229742
Journal Title
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift
Volume
173
Issue
5-6
Start Page
131
End Page
137
Rights Holder(s)
SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift Vol.173 No.5-6 (2023) , 131-137
Suggested Citation
Kutalek R., Lahlal M., Kaawa-Mafigiri D., Ryan-Coker M., Böll S., Parisi S., Cheah P.Y., Pritsch M. Putting global health high on the agenda of medical schools. Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift Vol.173 No.5-6 (2023) , 131-137. 137. doi:10.1007/s10354-022-00974-7 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/82353
Title
Putting global health high on the agenda of medical schools
Author's Affiliation
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Makerere University
University of Nairobi
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
Medizinische Universität Wien
University Hospital Bern
University of Edinburgh, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Nuffield Department of Medicine
Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund
Klinikum der Universität München
Makerere University
University of Nairobi
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
Medizinische Universität Wien
University Hospital Bern
University of Edinburgh, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Nuffield Department of Medicine
Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund
Klinikum der Universität München
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
In this opinion paper, we reflect on global health and global health education as well as challenges that the coming generation are likely to face. As the field is rapidly changing, it is vital to critically reflect categories of “global south” and “global north” as geographical boundaries, and rather think in terms of inequalities that are present in all countries. Global perspectives on health are useful to analyze structural challenges faced in all health care systems and help understand the diversity of cultures and patients’ concepts of disease. We first discuss burning questions and important challenges in the field and how those challenges are tackled. Rather than going into detail on topical issues, we reflect on approaches and attitudes that we think are important in global health education and present opportunities and challenges for young scholars who are interested in working in this field.