Year: 2026
Type: editorial
Abstract: Equitable global health research depends on who sets research priorities, controls resources and data, and decides how findings are interpreted and used. This editorial examines how medical students in high-income and low- and middle-income countries can support locally defined priorities through curriculum reform, transparent research agreements, fair recognition of contributions, and collective advocacy. It presents a checklist that pairs student actions with institutional commitments and measures of progress, including local control of budgets, agreements made before data collection, and the return of findings to communities. The authors argue that these efforts depend on faculty, universities, journals, and funders sharing decision-making authority and providing the resources and protections needed to sustain equitable partnerships
Institutions: Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Georgian National University SEU, University of Patras, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Colorado Anschutz, Universidad del Valle
Language: English
Topic: Global Health and Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7225823810