Qatar College Launches Healthcare Journal

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) partnered with an international team of leading healthcare professionals to launch the Journal of Local and Global Health Perspectives. The new journal is the brainchild of WCMC-Q faculty members Dietrich Büsselberg and Ravinder Mamtani, who partnered with David O Carpenter of the University at Albany, New York, and Albert B Lowenfels of the New York Medical College, forming the Journal’s chief editorial panel.

The journal is a peer-reviewed, international publication focusing on research concerning all aspects of global health practiced at local levels, in addition to the implications of local health issues within the global context. Its objective is to share innovative and emerging evidence-based approaches to public health issues which are likely to positively influence public health policy in communities around the world.

Dr Ravinder Mamtani, professor of Public Health and associate dean for Global and Public Health at WCMC-Q, said: “This is a first for the Middle East, as there exists no other journal in this region sharing research and perspectives on public health issues with medical practitioners around the world.”...

...In order to broaden both professional input and access to the Journal, its creators decided to make the publication open source. “Public health is a responsibility that is shared between medical practitioners, researchers, legislators, and the public at large. This is why we chose to make the Journal an open source journal that is available to all,” according to associate editor Dr Lotfi Chouchane, professor of Genetic Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology at WCMC-Q...