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Q J Med 2001; 94: 637-641
© 2001 Association of Physicians

Commentary

Medical collaborations between developed and developing countries

J.B. Eastwood1,, J. Plange-Rhule1,2, V. Parry3 and S. Tomlinson*

1 From the Department of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK, 2 Department of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, and 3 Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET), London, UK


   Introduction
 
In the field of health and medicine, there is a long tradition of collaboration between developing countries and Western nations. These collaborative efforts have embraced teaching, research, and provision of training and personnel, as well as donations of resources and technological help.

In the late 1990s, the medical press began to allocate significant space in their journals to the issue of such collaborations between health-care workers. Are inputs and outputs equal?1 How much of any assistance that has resulted has been based on the needs of, and is at the request of, the recipient health worker or institution?2 How has the ‘information gap’ been reduced?3 How can the problem of ‘Without funds you cannot carry out good research, but without good research you cannot attract funds’ be solved?4


   The underlying philosophy
 
We believe that links formed on the basis of the hopes and aspirations of those doctors and other personnel practising in their . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Getting things started
 
Less developed country
More developed country
Both countries
Financial aspects

   A link in detail
 
Institutional aspects
Communication
Teaching
Research
Clinical benefits
Training
Career enhancement

   Other links with Kumasi
 

   The future
 

   Acknowledgments
 

   Notes
 

   References
 

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