Global Health Mentorship: Challenges and Opportunities for Equitable Partnership

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa.
² IDRC, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Statistics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria brenda.yankam@gmail.com.
⁴ Malaria Consortium, Buea, Cameroon.
⁵ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Department of Publich Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁷ Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
⁸ Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
⁹ Department of Rehabilitation Science & Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
¹¹ Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
¹² Department of Public Health, Policy, and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
¹³ Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa.

Luchuo Engelbert Bain et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;8(11):e013751.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013751.

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa.
² IDRC, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Statistics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria brenda.yankam@gmail.com.
⁴ Malaria Consortium, Buea, Cameroon.
⁵ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Department of Publich Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁷ Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
⁸ Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
⁹ Department of Rehabilitation Science & Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
¹¹ Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
¹² Department of Public Health, Policy, and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
¹³ Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa.

No abstract available

Keywords: Health systems; Public Health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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