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ArticleAmerican journal of public health1998

The globalization of public health, II: The convergence of self-interest and altruism.

D Yach, D Bettcher

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Article in American journal of public health, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Public attitudes towards COVID-19 contact tracing apps: A UK-based focus group study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021
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  11. Role of students in global health delivery.The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

D YachWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
D Bettcher

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transnationalization of disease and health risks will require global awareness, analysis, and action and indicates a need for global cooperation. Transnational actions must be built on firm local and national foundations, but they also require new forms of transnational collaboration in order to minimize risks and build on opportunities. In a world characterized by the globalization of public health, countries and communities will need to look beyond their narrow self-interests in defining and confronting the shared problems that are emerging. In fact, a strong case can be made that enlightened self-interest and altruism will converge in the increasingly interdependent world being shaped by the process of globalization.

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AltruismGlobal HealthForecastingHealth PolicyHumansPublic Health

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PMID9585737
PMCPMC1508947

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