collaborations in Tajikistan : lessons to be learnt
نویسنده
چکیده
We have been working on an association of physicians ‘links with developing countries’ scheme in Tajikistan, which is a nation of 7.5 million people, 93% of which is mountainous, of a similar size to England and Wales, landlocked, resource-poor and richly licked by the brush of history. Understanding the challenges faced by academics working with Tajikistan today requires a cursory understanding of Tajikistan’s genesis. Through this lens, present-day technical, organizational and socio-political challenges can be appropriately considered, with a view to improving academic collaboration in the future.
منابع مشابه
Lessons learnt from errors in radiotherapy centers
Background: The purpose of this work is to discover and analyze errors and incidents in some radiotherapy centers, and to introduce methods that could reduce their occurrences, especially those which had happened due to the use of improper and inadequate equipment. This work is a first step toward clarifying the role of education in a risk-conscious culture, and changing the attitude of radioth...
متن کاملThe 2010 outbreak of poliomyelitis in Tajikistan: epidemiology and lessons learnt.
A large outbreak of poliomyelitis, with 463 laboratory-confirmed and 47 polio-compatible cases, took place in 2010 in Tajikistan. Phylogenetic analysis of the viral VP1 gene suggested a single importation of wild poliovirus type 1 from India in late 2009, its further circulation in Tajikistan and expansion into neighbouring countries, namely Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Whol...
متن کاملFrom Desktop to Tabletop: Migrating the User Interface of AgilePlanner
Digital tabletops are emerging interactive systems that support group collaborations. To utilize digital tabletops for agile planning meetings, we migrated a desktop based planning tool – AgilePlanner to a digital tabletop. This paper reports on challenges of the migration and illustrates differences between user interactions on a digital tabletop and on a desktop. Moreover, lessons and experie...
متن کاملCollaborative relationships in general practice projects.
This article reports on a national study of collaborative relationships between general practitioners and other health care providers in 20 Division of General Practice projects. It argues that health care organisations will need to collaborate with others in the future and that much can be learnt from the literature on collaborative networks in business and community organisations. Successful ...
متن کاملIgniting and Sustaining Global Recovery: Key Macroeconomic Management Challenges
A global economic recovery is expected to be ignited in 2010 but this will be characterized by very different growth trajectories among advanced and emerging economies. The downside risks are formidable. Sustaining this recovery will require skillful macroeconomic management. Exit strategies for fiscal stimulus will need to be carefully timed and credible fiscal consolidation plans nee...
متن کامل