Authors: Vincanne Adams - VINCANNE ADAMS, PHD, is a professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the author of three books and numerous articles on international health, traditional medical systems, and critical insights about modernity. She is co-author of the initiative in Global Health Diplomacy at UCSF. She may be reached at the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 94143. E-mail: AdamsV@dahsm.ucsf.edu^a;  Thomas E. Novotny - THOMAS NOVOTNY, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. His research focuses on global health, particularly non-communicable diseases, and he co-directs executive training programs in health diplomacy with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. He may be reached at: NovotnyT@globalhealth.ucsf.edu^b; Hannah Leslie - HANNAH LESLIE is an MPH student in Health and Social Behavior at UC Berkeley and a Program Analyst with Global Health Sciences at UC San Francisco. In addition to supporting the UC Initiative on Global Health Diplomacy, she focuses on the development and evaluation of global health education programs in California and East Africa. Her previous research focused on the impact of gender on health risks and perceptions in Havana, Cuba. She may be reached at: LeslieH@globalhealth.ucsf.edu^c

Affiliations:	a Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco
	b University of California, San Francisco
	c Global Health Sciences at UC San Francisco,

DOI: 10.1080/01459740802427067

Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year

Published in: Medical Anthropology, Volume 27, Issue 4 October 2008 , pages 315 - 323

Subjects: Anthropology - Soc Sci; Medicine;

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