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