This article gives a synoptic synthesis of the theoretical foundations and praxis of the Latin American Alliance for Global Health, or ALASAG - an acronym based on the name of the group in Spanish – to mark its 10th anniversary.
The authors present the context of the Alliance’s creation and the various collaborative and integrative activities carried out by ALASAG, which is made up of ten leading academic public health institution that are dedicated to teaching, researching, and forging relationships with both national and international entities to promote the field of Global Health.
Since 2010, Alliance’s priorities have included organizing six international global health conferences in different countries, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students, and mosty recently, conducting research on priority issues. Similarly, ALASAG has participated in international congresses and meetings and has established valuable collaborations with United Nations organizations, such as WHO and PAHO, as well as multilateral Latin American and global bilteral partnerships.
Finally, the article explores ALASAG’s strengths and weaknesses that have been identifed over the past decade, and in light of the new health, social, political, and economic realities brought on by the pandemic, the article concludes by pointing out the challenges, in the areas of policy-making, program implementation, innovation, research, and capacity building, that our countries will face going foward.
Author Biography
Giorgio Solimano C., Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Medicina. Escuela de Salud Pública "Dr. Salvador Allende G."
Vicepresidente de la Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global.
Solimano C., G., & Valdivia M., L. (2021). Ten years of the Latin American Global Health Alliance: a pioneering initiative. Revista Chilena De Salud Pública, 24(2), p. 139–144. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5281.2020.61288
