title: Introduction: Building Global Alliances IV: Global Health Challenges in a World Divided by Health Inequities.
abstract: The five papers following this introduction are based on presentations delivered at Building Global Alliances IV, Global Health Challenges in a World Divided by Health Inequities , sponsored by CGFNS International on December 3-4, 2007, in Philadelphia. Building Global Alliances IV provided opportunities to generate greater understanding of the local, national, and global ramifications of health inequities; the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); the effect of migration on the distribution of health professionals (particularly the issues posted by international nurse migration); and the impact of these issues on health care delivery systems.
authors.affiliation: CGFNS International, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Nichols
mesh_terms: D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel; D014943:Global Health; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009656:North America; D009729:Nursing; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000941:ethics*; D000078329:Workforce