BMC Med. 2013 Mar 14;11:72. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-72.
Improvements to medical practice and delivery of treatment has been the focus of many international collaborations aiming to address the delivery of appropriate health care in low- and middle-income countries. However, this is compounded by various social, cultural as well as resource allocation issues. This Editorial marks the launch of an article collection on Medicine for Global Health (http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmed/series/medicine_for_global_health), and here, guest editor Gretchen Birbeck discusses the challenges, importance and increasing relevance of global health.
医学实践和治疗的改进一直是许多旨在解决中低收入国家提供适当医疗保健的国际合作的重点。然而，这还受到各种社会、文化和资源分配问题的影响。本社论标志着《全球健康医学》（http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmed/series/medicine_for_global_health）文章集的发布，客座编辑 Gretchen Birbeck 在此讨论了全球健康的挑战、重要性和日益增强的相关性。
