Open AccessThe U.S. Must Embrace Partner-led Global Health Engagement
Author(s) -
Robert P Callahan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
military medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1930-613X
pISSN - 0026-4075
DOI - 10.1093/milmed/usaa390
Subject(s) - global health , public relations , health care , navy , focus (optics) , public health , political science , medicine , nursing , physics , law , optics
Direct-care Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETEs) are a popular method for conducting global health engagement. Unfortunately, direct-care MEDRETEs build partnerships without building partner nation capacity. This article proposes that global health engagement should instead focus on partner-led health engagements to accomplish both of these goals.
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