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ArticleGlobal health action2025

Academic global health collaboration: the Ruhuna-Duke partnership.

Champica K Bodinayake, Ajith De S Nagahawatte, Vijitha de Silva, P L Ariyananda, Bilesha Perera, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, M H Madureka Premamali, Christopher W Woods, L Gayani Tillekeratne, Truls Østbye

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Champica K BodinayakeDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0003-1339-1883
Ajith De S NagahawatteDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6481-0203
Vijitha de SilvaDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5601-6082
P L AriyanandaDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0002-1813-5419
Bilesha PereraDuke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0001-5398-710X
Ruvini KurukulasooriyaDuke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0002-9783-4313
M H Madureka PremamaliDuke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0001-5488-8293
Christopher W WoodsDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7240-2453
L Gayani TillekeratneDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0001-6012-7271
Truls ØstbyeDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0662-7440

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Abstract

The role of institutional partnerships is increasingly recognized as a means of advancing our collective efficacy in improving public health. Shared challenges related to infectious and chronic diseases, as well as social determinants of health including environmental stressors, have led to a growth in academic global health collaborations. Triggered by the 2004 tsunami, the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, and Duke University, USA, established an educational and research collaboration that has been sustained and broadened over two decades. The initiation and development of the collaboration, as well as its educational and research components, are described in this manuscript. We discuss lessons learned that may be of interest to other emerging partnerships: the keys to the collaboration's success, challenges and barriers faced, as well as plans to sustain and further grow an equitable, academically rigorous, and impactful global health partnership.

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Global HealthInternational CooperationUniversitiesCapacity BuildingDisastersHumansSri LankaTsunamisUnited StatesCapacity buildingcollaboration between universitieseducation & researchglobal healthSri Lanka

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