Global Health has
taken a new meaning in the last decade. It has grown from a disciple that
represented efforts of industrialized nations to help poor countries deal with
their health problems to that which now deals with
a new range of health threats that go beyond national boundaries. In
considering this paradigm shift, a new terminology, “global health” which more
accurately reflects the notion of shared health problems and solutions, has
emerged to replace the term, “international health.” Indeed, issues of global
health are interconnected with the most demanding socio-economic, physical, and
biological stresses of our time. These issues lie at the nexus of development
and require mechanisms that support the best of interdisciplinary and
multidisciplinary thought, as well as cultural competencies. With increased
globalization, inequity, and poverty, global
health has become asubject of heightened interest among scholars and
practitioners of public health in high, middle, and low income countries.