Academic global health collaboration: the Ruhuna-Duke partnership.
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| Title: | Academic global health collaboration: the Ruhuna-Duke partnership. |
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| Authors: | K Bodinayake C; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Professorial Unit of Medicine, Teaching Hospital Karapitiya/National Hospital Galle, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Duke Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA., De S Nagahawatte A; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Duke Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka., de Silva V; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka., Ariyananda PL; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Professorial Unit of Medicine, Teaching Hospital Karapitiya/National Hospital Galle, Galle, Sri Lanka., Perera B; Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka., Kurukulasooriya R; Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka., Premamali MHM; Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka., W Woods C; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Duke Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA., Tillekeratne LG; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Duke Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA., Østbye T; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.; Duke Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. |
| Source: | Global health action [Glob Health Action] 2025 Dec; Vol. 18 (1), pp. 2543603. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Aug 21. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101496665 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1654-9880 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 16549880 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Glob Health Action Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: <2016- > : Philadelphia, PA : Taylor & Francis Original Publication: Häggeby : Co-Action Publishing |
| MeSH Terms: | Global Health* , International Cooperation* , Universities*/organization & administration, Sri Lanka ; United States ; Humans ; Capacity Building/methods ; Capacity Building/organization & administration ; Tsunamis ; Disasters |
| Abstract: | The role of institutional partnerships is increasingly recognized as a means of advancing our collective efficacy in improving public health. Shared challenges related to infectious and chronic diseases, as well as social determinants of health including environmental stressors, have led to a growth in academic global health collaborations. Triggered by the 2004 tsunami, the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, and Duke University, USA, established an educational and research collaboration that has been sustained and broadened over two decades. The initiation and development of the collaboration, as well as its educational and research components, are described in this manuscript. We discuss lessons learned that may be of interest to other emerging partnerships: the keys to the collaboration's success, challenges and barriers faced, as well as plans to sustain and further grow an equitable, academically rigorous, and impactful global health partnership. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Capacity building; Sri Lanka; collaboration between universities; education & research; global health Local Abstract: [plain-language-summary] Main findings : The initiation and development of the Duke-Ruhuna collaboration, as well as its educational and research components, are described, and lessons learned are discussed. Added knowledge : The breadth of educational and research activities and the strength of the relationship between partners in Sri Lanka and the US have helped sustain the Ruhuna-Duke academic collaboration over two decades, overcoming the many challenges encountered. The collaboration owes its success to the commitment, initiative, and dedication from faculty, students, and staff, and not least to the transparency and mutual trust that has increasingly been built and established. Global health impact for policy and action : The experience and lessons learned from the challenges and barriers faced, as well as plans to sustain and further grow an equitable, academically rigorous, and impactful global health partnership provide lessons for other emerging global health partnerships. |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20250821 Date Completed: 20250822 Latest Revision: 20250827 |
| Update Code: | 20250903 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12372491 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/16549716.2025.2543603 |
| PMID: | 40836679 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | The role of institutional partnerships is increasingly recognized as a means of advancing our collective efficacy in improving public health. Shared challenges related to infectious and chronic diseases, as well as social determinants of health including environmental stressors, have led to a growth in academic global health collaborations. Triggered by the 2004 tsunami, the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, and Duke University, USA, established an educational and research collaboration that has been sustained and broadened over two decades. The initiation and development of the collaboration, as well as its educational and research components, are described in this manuscript. We discuss lessons learned that may be of interest to other emerging partnerships: the keys to the collaboration's success, challenges and barriers faced, as well as plans to sustain and further grow an equitable, academically rigorous, and impactful global health partnership. |
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| ISSN: | 1654-9880 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/16549716.2025.2543603 |