[Comment] Innovating through “interesting times” in global health

The reputed Chinese curse —“May you live in interesting times”—warns of periods of turbulence amid changing power structures and the failure of familiar solutions to meet new challenges. Today, the global health community is certainly living in interesting times. Rising populism and nationalism in the USA and Europe is working against the use of national budgets for international aid and development, despite their inextricable link to domestic health.1 However, such challenges can foster innovative approaches to transform and enhance global health efforts.
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Comment Source Type: research