The new F2 Programme for junior doctors in International Public health Rebecca Hope and Fred Martineau compile the results of the Global Health Directions survey of career plans of Alma Mata members and give you the lowdown on a new international health training programme for new doctors.

Specialist training in International Public Health: the lowdown for all health professionals International public health consultant Andrew Furber gives his experience of specialist training in public health and overseas work in Nepal.

Out of Practice: The challenges facing refugee doctors in the UK In this issue’s Advocacy feature, Aska Leslie takes a look at another perspective of the ‘brain drain:’ the problems faced by doctors who have been forced to flee their home and their jobs to seek asylum in the UK and their struggle for professional recognition…and employment.



Crossing Borders: lobbying within the global health arena Is there a need to train doctors in international public health? Some would argue that countries like the UK have enough public health challenges without its doctors worrying about the state of the world outside. Rebecca Hope opens the debate with three perspectives from international health organisations.