Adopting locally the lessons learned globally: a call to action for academic medical centres in the USA.

### Summary box The past 20 years have witnessed an exponential growth in the global engagement of academic medical centres (AMCs) in the United States (US). According to the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, the number of US academic institutions (including AMCs) with global heath partnerships grew from 6 in 2001 to over 80 in 2018.1 Global health funding from the US government (primarily through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) and from the Bill u0026 Melinda Gates Foundation exceeded US$16 billion in 20182 3; US universities and AMCs were major recipients of this funding. US AMCs engage globally primarily by devoting resources (funding and technology) and deploying expertise (faculty and students) to support research, …