BACKGROUND Somalia is one of the most political unstable countries in the world. Ongoing insecurity has forced an inconsistent medical response by the international community, with little data collection. This paper describes the "remote" model of surgical care by Medecins Sans Frontieres, in Guri-El, Somalia. The challenges of providing the necessary prerequisites for safe surgery are discusse...

INTRODUCTION HIV diagnoses acquired among Australian men working or travelling overseas including  Southeast Asia are increasing. This change within transmission dynamics means traditional approaches to prevention need to be considered in new contexts. The significance and role of social networks in mediating sexual risk behaviours may be influential. Greater understanding of expatriate and tra...

When expatriate doctors from developed countries working in sub-Saharan Africa suggest to the local doctors and midwives that symphysiotomies should sometimes be done, they are silenced neither with quotations from the medical literature nor with tales of patients seen, but with: "If symphysiotomies are such good operations why don't you perform them at home?" Here is why.

Adjustments in inter-cultural communication of expatriate and host national in local operation by Hanna Lee Dr. Robert Woods, Committee Chair Associate Professor of Hotel Management William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration University of Nevada, Las Vegas Due to the global expansion of international hotel chains into culturally isolated countries, such as China, many hotels are in need ...

offshore employees (expatriates) working abroad are an important part of any organisational workforce, working and competing globally. the specific requirements of expatriates are quite different as compared to the local workforce of that particular company. these requirements range from base salary to the educational needs of their families, children, and spouses. the employers especially work...

How intertwined are expatriates with their families? And what makes some better than others at leveraging positive or compensating for negative influences from family life? Drawing on conservation of resources, crossover and spillover theories, we examine when partner role adjustment expatriates’ experiences, how these experiences translate into expatriate work engagement. Using data 105 expatr...

Cross-border migration has increased rapidly in recent decades. In response, most democracies have extended voting rights to their citizens abroad. Nevertheless, expatriate voter turnout tends be low. This article investigates a frequently proposed remedy—internet voting—based on case study of internet trials eight Swiss cantons. For causal identification, I exploit an unexpected federal interv...