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.