Building Surgical Capacity in Low-Resource Countries

Capacity-building for a strong public health nutrition workforce in low-resource countries

Building neurosurgical capacity in low and middle income countries

Neurosurgery capacity in low- and middle-income countries is far from adequate; yet burden of neurological diseases, especially neuro-trauma, is projected to increase exponentially. Previous efforts to build neurosurgical capacity have typically been individual projects and short-term missions. Recognizing the dual needs of addressing disease burden and building sustainable, long-term neurosurg...

Building capacity in mental health interventions in low resource countries: an apprenticeship model for training local providers

BACKGROUND Recent global mental health research suggests that mental health interventions can be adapted for use across cultures and in low resource environments. As evidence for the feasibility and effectiveness of certain specific interventions begins to accumulate, guidelines are needed for how to train, supervise, and ideally sustain mental health treatment delivery by local providers in lo...

Building scientific capacity in developing countries.

7 The phrases ‘technology transfer’ and ‘scientific capacity building’ are two of the many used to describe scientific partnerships between developed and developing countries. This is an extremely rich and fascinating process that is very complex and often oversimplified. It is undoubtedly an essential interaction. The Global Forum for Health Research report (Global Forum for Health Research, 1...

Building Surgical Research Capacity Globally: Efficacy of a Clinical Research Course for Surgeons in Low-Resource Settings

Citation: Miclau TA, Chomsky-Higgins K, Ceballos A, Balmaseda R, Morshed S, Bhandari M, de la Huerta F and Miclau T III (2017) Building Surgical Research Capacity Globally: Efficacy of a Clinical Research Course for Surgeons in Low-Resource Settings. Front. Educ. 2:57. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2017.00057 Building surgical research capacity globally: efficacy of a clinical research course for surgeons...