Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Special Report
  • Published:

The global challenge

The international effort to address the health crisis in the developing world is providing a wealth of career opportunities. Virginia Gewin reports.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Related links

Related links

Related links in Nature Research

Save the world and keep a career

King Holmes, director, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle

Related external links

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

GAVI Alliance

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Wellcome Trust Public Health and Tropical Medicine Fellowships

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Gewin, V. The global challenge. Nature 447, 348–349 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7142-348a

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7142-348a

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing