In this week's PLoS Medicine , Vanessa Kerry of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA and colleagues discuss how to manage the unprecedented growth in and demand for global health programs in the United States, Europe, and other high-income countries, arguing that global health training programs should be evaluated by the quality of the experience for trainees from all settings and by the incremental improvement in in-country care, infrastructure, and/or research.
The authors say: "Investments in scientific innovation to prevent and cure global diseases should be matched by those in the human resources required to discover and deliver innovations in prevention and treatment as well as train the next generation of leaders."
Funding: This work was supported by the Mark and Lisa Schwartz Foundation, the Klingenstein Family Foundation, and the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research NIAID P30 AI060354. Dr. Bangsberg was supported by K24 MH87227. Dr. Walensky was supported by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01 AI058736. All authors receive a portion of their salary from global health activities. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Citation: Kerry VB, Ndung'u T, Walensky RP, Lee PT, Kayanja VFIB, et al. (2011) Managing the Demand for Global Health Education. PLoS Med 8(11): e1001118. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001118
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