CONTEXT Accelerated globalization has produced obvious changes in diplomatic purposes and practices. Health issues have become increasingly preeminent in the evolving global diplomacy agenda. More leaders in academia and policy are thinking about how to structure and utilize diplomacy in pursuit of global health goals. METHODS In this article, we describe the context, practice, and components...

Recent advances in imaging technology have created new opportunities for medical imaging to improve health care in resource-restricted countries around the world. Radiology residents are increasingly interested in global health and imaging outreach, yet infrastructure and opportunities for international outreach are limited. With the recent change in the ABR exam schedule, residents now have mo...

background national oral health policy was conscripted by the indian dental association (ida) in 1986 and was accepted as an integral part of national health policy (nhp) by the central council of health and family welfare in one of its conferences in the year 1995. objectives of this paper were to find out the efforts made or going on towards its execution, its current status and recent oral h...

Activities related to interprofessional education (IPE) vary between countries according to local and national health needs and systems. The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Education Initiative endeavors to provide a global vision in IPE by the sharing of experiences and gathering of evidence collaboratively to facilitate country-level initiatives. The purpose of this paper is to ...

Abstract In the context of a highly contagious virus and global pandemic, key to slowing spread COVID-19 successfully transitioning through phases pandemic into ‘life after COVID', is public adherence unprecedented rapidly evolving behaviour-based government policies. From social distancing mask wearing greater vaccine uptake, successful implementation health interventions around world revolves...

background: global adult tobacco survey (gats), malaysia 2011 reported that the prevalence of smoking was highest among malays male i.e., 24.6% (ci:22.1,27.3). the aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of a group of smokers towards various national anti-smoking initiatives as well as its association with age and education level. methods: the study was conducted in a randomly selected...