Global Health Initiatives Global Health Initiatives Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) are humanitarian initiatives that raise and disburse additional funds for infectious diseases– such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria– for immunization and for strengthening health systems in developing countries. GHIs classify a type of global initiative, which is defined as an organized effort integrating the involvement of organizations, individuals, and stakeholders around the world to address a global issue (i.e.: climate change, human rights, etc.). Examples of GHIs are the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), and the World Bank's Multi-country AIDS
Global Health Action an impact factor of 1.646, which in 2016 had grown to 1.794. The Research Gate Journal Impact in 2015/2016 was 2.25. Global Health Action Global Health Action is a peer-reviewed open access healthcare journal published by Co-Action Publishing on behalf of the Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, hosted by the Unit of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine at Umeå University, Sweden, and physically located within the University Hospital of Umeå. The journal's editorial board consists of members from universities in Australia, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain,