Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19493564›Full record

ArticleLancet (London, England)2009

Towards a common definition of global health.

Jeffrey P Koplan, T Christopher Bond, Michael H Merson, K Srinath Reddy, Mario Henry Rodriguez, Nelson K Sewankambo, Judith N Wasserheit, Consortium of Universities for Global Health Executive Board

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Article in Lancet (London, England), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 481 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
481citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

481 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  12. Importance of Global Health Opportunities in Residency Selection Among Otolaryngology Applicants.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2026
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421 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jeffrey P KoplanEmory Global Health Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. jkoplan@emory.edu
T Christopher Bond
Michael H Merson
K Srinath Reddy
Mario Henry Rodriguez
Nelson K Sewankambo
Judith N Wasserheit
Consortium of Universities for Global Health Executive Board

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Global HealthInternational CooperationCommunity Health PlanningCooperative BehaviorDeveloped CountriesDeveloping CountriesHealth Services Needs and DemandHealth Status DisparitiesHumansMedically Underserved AreaPatient Care TeamPhilosophy, MedicalPublic HealthVulnerable Populations

Identifiers

PMID19493564
PMCPMC9905260

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Registered trials

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