Partnerships in global health and population health - What to expect and how to improve?

• Autor(a) principal: Sottomayor, Ana
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Vidal Castro, Joana, Carvalho, António, Brito, Carlos, de Barros, Fernando P. Cupertino, Craveiro, Isabel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.25761/anaisihmt.339

Partnerships in global health stand in an important position when discussing global health. During the 5th National Congress of Tropical Medicine, some central themes in this area were discussed: research, implementation and funding. This paper aims to reflect upon each theme, highlighting the most relevant aspects for the future and present of global health partnerships. It is based on the various presentations and the ensuing discussion, also relying on a literature review on the referred three central themes.Global health partnerships aim to reverse and overcome the North/ South asymmetries at different levels: training, access, knowledge, funding, research, education and science development; contributingtowards the construction of a knowledge-based society, aiming at sustainable development and universal health coverage.These partnerships are increasingly understood as critical to attaining all SDGs, but there is also the need to ensure that they do not harm any of the stakeholders. They must be balanced and symmetrical, reflectingthe interests of all parties involved, fostering the inclusion of all partners in every stage.Therefore, partnerships in global health may be truly effective, leading to innovative ways of articulation, implementation and funding.