Full Description
This is a book about the human experience of conducting global health research, linked to operational responses to the control and prevention of diseases worldwide. Rather than a manual or how-to guide, we propose a roadmap and vision of equitable, sustainable, and impactful partnerships shared through a rich interweaving of voices: North and South, academics and community practitioners, senior mentors and trainees, multiple generations, and multiple disciplines. We focus on the stories that need to be told, the successes and the failures, and visions for a healthier and more compassionate future for humanity.
This book was written by more than 90 authors from 26 countries, bringing diverse perspectives on global health partnerships' past, present, and future. Although many of the chapters use examples related to infectious diseases, the ideas in this book are relevant to the broader field of global health research and practice.
This book is organized into three sections, broadly related to foundational concepts, present experiences (case studies), and future visions. The first section focuses on the historical colonial legacy of global health and the foundations needed for equitable partnerships, introducing key themes explored throughout the book. These include concepts related to decolonization, ethics, gender, systems approaches and transdisciplinary science, Planetary Health, One Health, team science, and communication. The book's second section draws on case studies of global health partnerships to understand where we are today in global health. Authors share their experiences responding to global health threats, including disease outbreaks, refugee health, stigma, and sexually transmitted diseases, and post-disaster community recovery. The book's third section articulates a new vision for global health partnerships to co-create a more peaceful, equitable, and loving world. This vision is urgently needed to address the challenges emerging in the context of global climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other human threats.
This is an open access book.
Contents
1. Prologue.- 2. Colonialism, decolonization, and global health.- 3. Ethical challenges in global health research.- 4. Gender equity in African academia: An implementation science evaluation of the Kenya context.- 5. A holistic systems approach to global health research, practice, and partnerships.- 6. Team science and infectious disease work: Exploring opportunities and challenges.- 7. Foundations and future directions of global health communication.- 8. Collective learning: Power and trust in partnerships.- 9. Partnering with the community in infectious disease research: A Kenyan experience.- 10. Partnership-based approach to infectious disease research in Papua New Guinea.- 11. Partnerships to improving access to healthcare for refugees and immigrants in Philadelphia.- 12. The strengths and challenges of building partnerships through malaria research: Thailand case study in inter-epidemic and epidemic projects.- 13. Building partnerships and confronting challenges: Implementation ofan Ebola vaccine clinical study during an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.- 14. Innovative, collaborative approaches that improve responses to epidemics and natural disasters.- 15. Nipah outbreak investigation in Bangladesh, 2007: A case study of One Health partnership and intersectoral coordination.- 16. Addressing sexual and HIV-related stigma in Haiti: Need for societal engagement.- 17. Building partnerships to empower women through home self-sampling for sexual and reproductive tract infections.- 18. Perspectives on community-based participatory research: An approach for more inclusive research.- 19. Gender equality in academia: Thriving as a clinician-scientist, establishing partnerships, and driving policy for change in the Kenya context.- 20. Transforming the planetary health crisis through an Indigenous Land-based meta narrative.- 21. Social movement and empowerment in shaping global health priorities: Past, present, and future.- 22. When women lead in globalhealth: Alternative mobilizations.- 23. Funding for equitable infectious disease research and development.- 24. Educational perspectives from the field: Pathways to the future.- 25. Learning from the past to inform the future: Perspectives on future directions in international health and research.- 26. Engaging with heart in global health partnerships.- 27. Courageous authenticity: Bringing our inner wisdom to our work, partnerships, and communities for deeper partnership.
