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Review
. 2024 Jun 14;12(12):1198.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare12121198.

Strategic Alliances in Global Health: Innovative Perspectives in the Era of Sustainable Development

José Carlos Suarez-Herrera  1 , Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zúñiga  2   3 , Lina Díaz-Castro  4
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Strategic Alliances in Global Health: Innovative Perspectives in the Era of Sustainable Development

José Carlos Suarez-Herrera et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

This article discusses current challenges in the field of global health and the World Health Organization's (WHO) strategies to address them. It highlights the importance of measuring the health impacts of global recession and globalization and the need for human-centered approaches to sustainable development. Emphasis is placed on commitment to health equity and the use of strategic partnerships for health at global, national, and local levels. Improving the health and well-being of populations, as well as public health equity, are core principles of the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These principles are expressed in SDG 3, which promotes universal access to health services and systems and recognizes global health as a basic human right. It highlights the importance of strategic partnerships to combat emerging health crises, improve public health indices, and address the burden of chronic disease. These partnerships are contemplated in SDG 17 and are manifested in different modalities, such as network governance, cross-sector collaboration, public-private partnership, and social participation. This diversity of alliances has played an important role in scaling up and strengthening universal health systems around the world, including in Latin America and the Caribbean. The text concludes by presenting the essential characteristics of these inter-organizational and inter-institutional alliances in the field of global health.

Keywords: cross-sector collaboration; global health; strategic alliances; sustainable development; universal health systems.

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