Protecting global health partnerships in the era of destructive nationalism

Maya Adam^{1

2}, Desiree LaBeaud¹, Nokwanele Mbewu³, Jennifer Gates⁴, Randall Waechter⁵, Mercy J Borbor-Cordova^{6

7}, Lydiah Kibe⁸, Sonia Alvarez¹, Annie Dori⁹, Anil S Bilimale¹⁰, Meggie Mwoka¹¹, Jessica Deffler¹², Michele Spring^{13

14}, Avriel R Diaz¹⁵, Rachael Farquhar¹⁶, Willy Dunbar¹⁷, Comfort R Phiri¹⁸, Valerie A Luzadis¹⁹, Nicole Redvers^{20

21}, Cristina Alonso^{22

23}, Rosemary Rochford²⁴, Rachel Lowe^{25

26

27}, Kareem Coomansingh²⁸, Moses Laman²⁹, Rebeca Sultana^{30

31

32}, Sadie Ryan³³, Amaya L Bustinduy³⁴, Anita S Hargrave-Bouagnon³⁵, Shazia N Ruybal-Pesántez^{16

36}, Zebedee Kerry²⁹, Trevor Kelebi³⁷, Samuel McEwen¹⁶, Leanne Robinson^{16

36}, Maritza Salazar Campo³⁸, Till Bärnighausen^{2

23

39}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Digital Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
² Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
³ The DG Murray Trust, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Mt. Sinai, New York, United States of America.
⁵ Caribbean Center for Child Neurodevelopment (CCCN) at Windward Islands Research & Education Foundation (WINDREF), Grenada, West Indies.
⁶ Faculty of Maritime Engineering and Sea Sciences, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador.
⁷ Pacifc International Center for Disaster Risk Reduction (PIC-DRR, ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador.
⁸ Kenya Medical Research Institute, Eastern Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ Papua New Guinea-Australia Transition to Health, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
¹⁰ School of Public Health, JSS Medical College, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
¹¹ Rockefeller Foundation-Boston University 3D Commission, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹² Department of Family and Community Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
¹³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America.
¹⁴ Formerly, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁵ Walking Palms Global Health, Bahía de Caráquez, Manabí, Ecuador.
¹⁶ Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁷ Health Systems and Policies - International Health Research Centre, School of Public Health, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁸ Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia.
¹⁹ State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Heart Forward Science, Syracuse, New York, United States of America.
²⁰ Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
²¹ Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
²² La Colaborativa, Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States of America.
²³ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
²⁴ Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America.
²⁵ Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain.
²⁶ Catalan Institution for Research & Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
²⁷ Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health and Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
²⁸ Office of Research, Windward Islands Research & Education Foundation (WINDREF), St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies.
²⁹ PNG Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
³⁰ International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
³¹ University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³² Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³³ Department of Geography and the Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.
³⁴ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
³⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
³⁶ Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Australia.
³⁷ West Sepik Provincial Health Authority, Vanimo, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.
³⁸ UCI Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America.
³⁹ Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), Somkhele, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

PMID: 40198681
PMCID: PMC11977972
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004428

Protecting global health partnerships in the era of destructive nationalism

Maya Adam et al. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025.

. 2025 Apr 8;5(4):e0004428.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004428. eCollection 2025.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Digital Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
² Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
³ The DG Murray Trust, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Mt. Sinai, New York, United States of America.
⁵ Caribbean Center for Child Neurodevelopment (CCCN) at Windward Islands Research & Education Foundation (WINDREF), Grenada, West Indies.
⁶ Faculty of Maritime Engineering and Sea Sciences, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador.
⁷ Pacifc International Center for Disaster Risk Reduction (PIC-DRR, ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador.
⁸ Kenya Medical Research Institute, Eastern Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ Papua New Guinea-Australia Transition to Health, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
¹⁰ School of Public Health, JSS Medical College, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
¹¹ Rockefeller Foundation-Boston University 3D Commission, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹² Department of Family and Community Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
¹³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America.
¹⁴ Formerly, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁵ Walking Palms Global Health, Bahía de Caráquez, Manabí, Ecuador.
¹⁶ Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁷ Health Systems and Policies - International Health Research Centre, School of Public Health, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁸ Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia.
¹⁹ State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Heart Forward Science, Syracuse, New York, United States of America.
²⁰ Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
²¹ Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
²² La Colaborativa, Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States of America.
²³ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
²⁴ Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America.
²⁵ Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain.
²⁶ Catalan Institution for Research & Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
²⁷ Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health and Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
²⁸ Office of Research, Windward Islands Research & Education Foundation (WINDREF), St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies.
²⁹ PNG Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
³⁰ International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
³¹ University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³² Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³³ Department of Geography and the Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.
³⁴ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
³⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
³⁶ Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Australia.
³⁷ West Sepik Provincial Health Authority, Vanimo, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.
³⁸ UCI Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America.
³⁹ Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), Somkhele, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

PMID: 40198681
PMCID: PMC11977972
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004428

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