The nature of Global Health work is in its name. Universal and all-encompassing, it aims at advancing health outcomes across regions and continents, unlimited in its quest by country borders.
More often than not, collaboration is key to achieving this goal.
The value of partnerships is well understood within the Duke University ecosystem. It’s why its three Global Health bodies – the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI), and the Duke Kunshan Global Health Research Centre – constantly look for opportunities to work together on common issues of interest.
Given the synergistic, catalytic, and interdisciplinary nature of Global Health, the Duke ecosystem has already teamed up on cross-regional projects that tap on the resources and expertise of Duke faculty across the globe.
Global mental health, climate change, and infectious diseases are three topics that each institute is largely interested in, and will put more collaborative focus on.