Impactful alliance of nine academic institutions on Global Health initiatives University of Alabama at Birmingham (US) Maastricht University (NL) Bangladesh University of Professionals (BD) University of South-Eastern Norway (NO) McMaster University (CA) Thammasat University (TH) Niigata University (JP) Universidad del Rosario (CO) Ahfad University for Women (SD) Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)