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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mt Sinai J Med. 2011 May-Jun;78(3):470–482. doi: 10.1002/msj.20257

Table 1.

Key Driving Forces in Global Health.

Poverty
Educational inequities
Population growth
Urbanization
Growing inadequacy in the global health workforce
New and emerging infections
Global spread of the “Western” lifestyle
Global movement of hazardous industries and toxic chemicals
Climate change