Background Growing concerns about the value and effectiveness of short-term volunteer
trips intending to improve health in underserved Global South communities has driven the …

American kids are living in a world of ongoing public debates about race, daily displays of
racial injustice, and for some, an increased awareness surrounding diversity and inclusion …

Trainees and clinicians from high-income countries are increasingly engaging in global
health (GH) efforts, particularly in resource-limited settings. Concomitantly, there is a …

International education, service-learning, and community-based global learning programs
are robust with potential. They can positively impact communities, grow civil society …

In the wake of the AIDS pandemic, legions of organizations and compassionate individuals
descended on Africa from faraway places to offer their help and save lives. A Fraught …

This article aims to problematize the ways in which volunteering is presently conceptualized,
theorized, and studied by positioning it as a form of unpaid labor. Over six focal points, the …

Short-term experiences in global health (STEGH), also known as short-term medical
missions continue to be a popular mode of engagement in global health activities for …

Amateurs without Borders examines the rise of new actors in the international development
world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongovernmental organizations. These …

This article traces how scarcities characteristic of health systems in low-income countries
(LICs), and increasing popular interest in Global Health, have inadvertently contributed to …

This American College of Physicians position paper aims to inform ethical decision making
surrounding participation in short-term global health clinical care experiences. Although the …