Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Public-private partnerships to build human capacity in low income countries: findings from the Pfizer program | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research Public-private partnerships to build human capacity in low income countries findings from the Pfizer program Taryn Vian 1 Sarah C Richards1 Kelly McCoy1 Patrick Connelly2 and Frank Feeley1 Open Access Address 1Center for International Health and Development Boston University School of Public Health 715 Albany Street T4W Boston MA USA and independent Consultant 522 Haverhill Road Chester NH USA Email Taryn Vian - tvian@ Sarah C Richards - sarahcr@ Kelly McCoy - mccoyk@ Patrick Connelly - patrickjconnelly@ Frank Feeley - ffeeley@ Corresponding author Published 2 March 2007 Received 2 October 2006 Human Resources for Health 2007 5 8 doi 1478-4491-5-8 Accepted 2 March 2007 This article is available from http content 5 1 8 2007 Vian et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The ability of health organizations in developing countries to expand access to quality services depends in large part on organizational and human capacity. Capacity building includes professional development of staff as well as efforts to create working environments conducive to high levels of performance. The current study evaluated an approach to public-private partnership where corporate volunteers give technical assistance to improve organizational and staff performance. From 2003 to 2005 the Pfizer Global Health Fellows program sent 72 employees to work with organizations in 19 countries. This evaluation was designed to assess program impact. Methods The researchers administered a survey to 60 Fellows and 48 Pfizer Supervisors. In addition the team conducted over 1 00 interviews with partner .
