Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : What can health care professionals in the United Kingdom learn from Malawi? | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Commentary What can health care professionals in the United Kingdom learn from Malawi Ron Neville 1 and Jemma Neville2 Open Access Address Westgate Medical Practice Dundee UK and Communications Manager Edinburgh UK Email Ron Neville - rondelnev@ Jemma Neville - Corresponding author Published 27 March 2009 Received I July 2008 Human Resources for Health 2009 7 26 doi 1478-4491-7-26 Accepted 27 March 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 26 2009 Neville and Neville 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 Debate on how resource-rich countries and their health care professionals should help the plight of sub-Saharan Africa appears locked in a mind-set dominated by gloomy statistics and one-way monetary aid. Having established a project to link primary care clinics based on two-way sharing of education rather than one-way aid our United Kingdom colleagues often ask us But what can we learn from Malawi A recent fact-finding visit to Malawi helped us clarify some aspects of health care that may be of relevance to health care professionals in the developed world including the United Kingdom. This commentary article is focused on encouraging debate and discussion as to how we might wish to re-think our relationship with colleagues in other health care environments and consider how we can work together on a theme of two-way shared learning rather than oneway aid. Introduction Health is global. Health is local. Health is individual. How should health care professionals conceptualize and then act on the need to manage their individual patients as best they can in a local and personal .
