title: The Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Global Public Health and medicine: stabilizing south-south academic collaboration.
abstract: Developmental strategies over the last 4 decades have generally tended to transfer knowledge and technology along north-south axes as trickle-down theories in development, especially in health knowledge transfers, prevailed. Limited efforts in development assistance for health (DAH) were made to promote south-south cooperation for basic health needs. Globalization with increased educational networks and development health assistance has enhanced the potential for more effective south-south partnerships for health. The stages of development in a consortium and key catalysts in the metamorphosis to a south-south partnership are identified: leadership, resources, expertise, visibility participation, and dynamism of a critical mass of young professionals.
authors: Global Health and Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA. walterp@hawaii.edu
authors: Walter K
authors: WK
authors: Patrick
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D006285:Health Planning; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007391:International Cooperation; D038622:Internationality; D008511:Medicine; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011634:Public Health; D014495:Universities