Ronald Labonté is Professor Emeritus and former Distinguished Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity in the School of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Ottawa. His early work focused on health promotion, community, community empowerment, and social determinants of health. For the past 30 years his research focused on the health equity impacts of diverse globalization processes. He is co-Editor-in-Chief of the BMC journal, Globalization and Health, published over 380 scientific papers, and is active with the People's Health Movement (PHM). A frequent contributor to its flagship publication Global Health Watch, he is co-editor of its 6th and 7th editions, and a member of the PHM global Steering Council. Chiara Bodini is a founding member of the Centre for International and Intercultural Health (CSI) of the University of Bologna. Her work focuses on the social determination of health inequalities, community participation in health promotion and primary health care. She is a long standing activist of the People's Health Movement and co-editor of Global Health Watch 6 and 7