Promoting Global Health.
The Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of MCH and AIDS (IJMA) is a member of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). The Editorial Board of IJMA believes it is important that the statement on promoting global health and this accompanying editorial is brought to the attention of our readers. Medical journal editors have a social responsibility to promote global health by publishing, whenever possible, research that furthers health worldwide.
Secretary, World Association of Medical Editors, Kirkland, Washington 98033, USA; World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) Ethics and Policy Committee, Kirkland, Washington 98033, USA.
Margaret A
MA
Winker
World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) Ethics and Policy Committee, Kirkland, Washington 98033, USA; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2J7, CANADA.
Lorraine E
LE
Ferris
Global health; Low-and middle-income countries; Research; WAME