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Global Health

Global health is the multidisciplinary study and practice of improving health and achieving health equity for populations worldwide, transcending national boundaries to address determinants, diseases, and health systems on a transnational scale. It integrates epidemiology, health policy, economics, ethics, and the s…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 34× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2641-4538 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Global health is the multidisciplinary study and practice of improving health and achieving health equity for populations worldwide, transcending national boundaries to address determinants, diseases, and health systems on a transnational scale. It integrates epidemiology, health policy, economics, ethics, and the social sciences to confront challenges that no single country can solve in isolation, including pandemic preparedness, the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, non-communicable disease, and the health consequences of environmental change. Recurring themes include tobacco control and roadmaps toward tobacco-free populations, the health of ageing populations across differing national systems, mental health in the context of pandemics, and the intersection of air pollution, nutrition, and infection in vulnerable groups. The field also examines cross-cultural collaboration and cultural humility in international interventions, the bioethical dimensions of global biological risk, including debates surrounding gain-of-function research, and the disproportionate impact of climate change on public health in low-resource settings. Cancer epidemiology and shifts in disease incidence further illustrate its scope. The journal publishes peer-reviewed perspectives, epidemiologic studies, and policy analyses addressing infectious and non-communicable disease, health-system strengthening, and the social and environmental determinants of health across diverse national and regional contexts.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

The Health of Older People in Switzerland

P ChastonayCorresponding author
Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Exact topic Public Health International Cited by 12 doi:10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-18-2426
2020

Mental Health in The Context of The COVID 19 Pandemic

Yadav RavinderCorresponding author
Medical Social Welfare Officer Department of Medical Record Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
Exact topic International Journal of Coronaviruses Cited by 1 doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3367

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 34 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Global Health, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Public Health International (ISSN 2641-4538).

Journal editorial board
Javad Javan-Noughabi · United Kingdom Evelyn O Talbott · United States Zainab Taha · United Arab Emirates

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