Background: Globalization meaning the global integration of trade, capital flows, information, ideas, culture and people, is a process that presents opportunities and access to new technologies to improve human health as well as direct and indirect risks to health. While today’s attention on globalization is concentrated on expanding trade, capital and information technologies, the implications of globalization on the social and cultural aspects of society are much less understood or known.
Methods/Results: Within the health sector particularly there is the potential that gains made over the past 25 years in developing, and acquiring worldwide consensus on the common value, or common good, of global equity of access to the best quality health services, will be eroded.
Conclusions: It essential that capacity building and leadership development extend beyond the Ministries of Health and into the public health community and civil society at large. This presentation will discuss leadership development through the 64 public health association membership of the World Federation of Public Health Associations in confronting the challenges posed by globalization. Possible mechanisms or strategies for maximizing the positive effects of globalization as well as mitigating the negative effects will be presented and discussed.
Learning Objectives: Objectives: To identify globalization’s positive and negative public health impacts and their implications for public health leaders and institutions.
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.