Global health is defined as “health problems, problems, or concerns that transcend national boundaries” (Institute of Medicine, 1997, p. 2). Koplan (2009) proposed a new definition of global health which he described as “an area of ​​study, research and practice that places priority on improving health and achieving health equity for all people around the world” (para. 7). Global health emphasizes transnational health issues, determinants and solutions from an interdisciplinary perspective and merges population health and clinical care. Global health means many things to many people. In this writer's worldview, global health describes the study of the health needs of the global community and its effect on the world as a collective. In this writer's view, for global health to be successful, it must strive to ensure health for all and be built on fundamental principles of social justice, grounded in science, focused on disease prevention and control, and linked to governments and public policy ( Merson, Black, & Mills, 2006 ). The writer understands the need to improve the health of the global community and hopes to use this document to do the following: (a) Delve deeper into why the writer was drawn to a global health career and discuss plans for his or her future in this area and (b) Discuss the pressing issue of global diabetes and propose corrective actions that could be implemented throughout the writer's global health career. The desire to work in global health has been a long-term dream of this writer. However, after deep introspection, the decision to pursue global health as a career was born out of a sense of obligation and the need to give back to the community. Growing up in the West Indies in the 1960s, this writer's parents like... the center of the paper economy and achieving our international interests. Washington, DC. National Academies PressUnited Nation (2007). Resolution. 61/225. World Diabetes Day Retrieved from http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/files/docs/U4D/UN_Resolution.pdf World Diabetes Foundation (2011). Facts about diabetes. Retrieved from http://worlddabetesfoundation.org/composite-35.htmWorld Health Organization (2011). Diabetes program. Facts and figures. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/diabetes/facts/en/Venkat Narayan, KM, Zhang, P., Kanaya, AM, Williams, DE, Engelgau, M, M, Imperatore, G., & Ramachandran , A. (2006). Disease control priorities in developing countries. Chapter 30: Diabetes: The Pandemic and Potential Solutions. Washington, DC. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank Group. Retrieved from http://files.dcp2.org/pdf/DCP/DCP30.pdf