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Rowson et al. Globalization and Health 2012, 8:36 /content/8/1/36 DEBATE Open Access Conceptualising global health: theoretical issues and their relevance for teaching 1* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mike Rowson , Chris Willott , Rob Hughes , Arti Maini , Sophie Martin , J Jaime Miranda , Vicki Pollit , Abi Smith , Rae Wake8,9 and John S Yudkin10 Abstract Background: There has long been debate around the definition of the field of education, research and practice known as global health. In this article we step back from attempts at definition and instead ask what current definitions tell us about the evolution of the field, identifying gaps and points of debate and using these to inform discussions of how global health might be taught. Discussion: What we now know as global health has its roots in the late 19th century, in the largely colonial, biomedical pursuit of ‘international health’. The twentieth century saw a change in emphasis of the field towards a much broader conceptualisation of global health, encompassing broader social determinants of health and a truly global focus. The disciplinary focus has broadened greatly to include economics, anthropology and political science, among others. There have been a number of attempts to define the new field of global health. We suggest there are three central areas of contention: what the object of knowledge of global health is, the types of knowledge to be used and around the purpose of knowledge in the field of global health. We draw a number of conclusions from this discussion. First, that definitions should pay attention to differences as well as commonalities in different parts of the world, and that the definitions of global hea