Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of Toronto. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Global Health Program
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Description area
Dates of existence
ca. 1990s - current
History
The Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) at the University of Toronto, and in particular its Global Health Program, aims to leverage the widely recognized depth and richness family medicine in Canada to help achieve equity and improve health of vulnerable individuals and populations in Canada and abroad.
The Global Health Program has extensive experience in collaborative partnerships with academic institutions and organizations in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). We anchor our work in a collective commitment to respectful collaboration, partner-centered support and innovative learner-responsive education. Our activities bring together the vast expertise of our faculty in clinical practice, scholarship and research, knowledge support, education and health systems management. - from http://www.dfcm.utoronto.ca/about-global-health-program