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Anaesthesia and hospital links: strengthening healthcare through South-North hospital partnerships.

Parry EH, Percy DB

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London WC1E 7HT and THET (The Tropical Health and Education Trust) 210 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK. eldryd@thet.org

Health services can respond to the needs of the poorest people in developing countries if those who work in the front line of health care are supported and motivated and if development needs in services and training programmes can be filled. This can be achieved when a Health Link between a southern hospital and/or training school and its northern counterpart is designed to build a disciplined and long-term programme of staff development including the needs of anaesthetic services, which meets the needs identified by the southern partner. Development of anaesthetic practice is best carried out in the context of an institution-wide Health Link where not only the staff and systems involved in anaesthesia but all the essential 'back office' or support services are also supported and developed.

Published 16 October 2007 in Anaesthesia, 62: 15-20.
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