Developed-developing country partnerships: Benefits to developed countries?

Globalization and Health

Didier Pittet¹  Liam Donaldson²  Edward T Kelley³  Sepideh Bagheri Nejad³  Jean Carlet³  Rachel Gooden³  Joyce D Hightower³  Julie Storr³  Paul Rutter³  Viva Dadwal³  Shamsuzzoha B Syed³ 

[1] Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 4 Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland;National Patient Safety Agency, 4-8 Maple Street, London, W1T 5HD, United Kingdom;African Partnerships for Patient Safety, WHO Patient Safety, WHO Headquarters, Avenue Appia, 1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland

关键词: Health care quality, Global health;    International cooperation;    Learning;    Partnerships;    Developing countries;    Developed countries;   

Others  :  819497
DOI  :  10.1186/1744-8603-8-17

 received in 2012-02-14, accepted in 2012-05-29,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Developing countries can generate effective solutions for today’s global health challenges. This paper reviews relevant literature to construct the case for international cooperation, and in particular, developed-developing country partnerships. Standard database and web-based searches were conducted for publications in English between 1990 and 2010. Studies containing full or partial data relating to international cooperation between developed and developing countries were retained for further analysis. Of 227 articles retained through initial screening, 65 were included in the final analysis. The results were two-fold: some articles pointed to intangible benefits accrued by developed country partners, but the majority of information pointed to developing country innovations that can potentially inform health systems in developed countries. This information spanned all six WHO health system components. Ten key health areas where developed countries have the most to learn from the developing world were identified and include, rural health service delivery; skills substitution; decentralisation of management; creative problem-solving; education in communicable disease control; innovation in mobile phone use; low technology simulation training; local product manufacture; health financing; and social entrepreneurship. While there are no guarantees that innovations from developing country experiences can effectively transfer to developed countries, combined developed-developing country learning processes can potentially generate effective solutions for global health systems. However, the global pool of knowledge in this area is virgin and further work needs to be undertaken to advance understanding of health innovation diffusion. Even more urgently, a standardized method for reporting partnership benefits is needed—this is perhaps the single most immediate need in planning for, and realizing, the full potential of international cooperation between developed and developing countries.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Syed et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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