Quest for answers: lessons from Geneva

Research and Humanities in Medical Education

关键词: global health;    equity;    world health organization;    who;    perspective;    public health;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Equity and global health are two sides of the same coin. Many do not know how to flip that coin. In this perspective piece, I discuss global health from the two ends of the same spectrum. As a kid growing up in the poorest state of India and directly facing the consequences of disastrous public health and hygiene conditions; and then as a young medical student participating in an assembly of the highest decision making body of health - the World Health Assembly in Geneva - and subsequently realizing the irony and hypocrisy that comes with it. This is a reflective piece that tries to simplify the highly complex issues of global health and equity and, towards the end, leaves the interpretation open to readers.

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