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'The Maternal Sepsis Intervention has had a profound impact on
maternal mortality and antibiotic use whilst also reducing hospital
costs. The Ministry of Health is keen to explore opportunities to
extending the lessons learnt and integrate them in national
policy-making.' -Dr. Richard Mugahi, Ministry of Health, Uganda.
This open access book provides an accessible introduction to the
mechanics of international development and global health text for
policy-makers and students across a wide range of disciplines.
Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to the well-being of
patients and health systems the world over. In fragile health
systems so challenged, on a day-today basis, by the overwhelming
burden of both infectious and non-communicable disease, it is easy
to overlook the impacts of AMR. The Maternal Sepsis Intervention,
focusing on a primary cause of maternal death in Uganda,
demonstrates the systemic nature of AMR and the gains that can be
made through improved Infection Prevention Control and direct
engagement of laboratory testing in antibiotic prescribing.
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book
examines the current state of elective placements of medical
undergraduate students in developing countries and their impact on
health care education at home. Drawing from a recent case study of
volunteer deployment in Uganda, the authors provide an in-depth
evaluation of the impacts on the students themselves and the
learning outcomes associated with placements in low resource
settings, as well as the impacts that these forms of student
mobility have on the host settings. In addition to reviewing the
existing literature on elective placements, the authors outline a
potential model for the future development of ethical elective
placements. As the book concurs with an increasing international
demand for elective placements, it will be of immediate interest to
universities, intermediary organizations, students as consumers,
and hosting organisations in low-resource settings.
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book
investigates what international placements of healthcare employees
in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy
of its national health system. The authors present empirical data
collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on
reducing maternal and new-born mortality and discuss the learning
and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting
as long term volunteers in low resource settings. They also develop
a model for structured placement that offers optimal learning and
experiential outcomes and minimizes risk, while shedding new light
on the role that international placements play as part of
continuing professional development both in the UK and in other
sending countries.
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book
examines the current state of elective placements of medical
undergraduate students in developing countries and their impact on
health care education at home. Drawing from a recent case study of
volunteer deployment in Uganda, the authors provide an in-depth
evaluation of the impacts on the students themselves and the
learning outcomes associated with placements in low resource
settings, as well as the impacts that these forms of student
mobility have on the host settings. In addition to reviewing the
existing literature on elective placements, the authors outline a
potential model for the future development of ethical elective
placements. As the book concurs with an increasing international
demand for elective placements, it will be of immediate interest to
universities, intermediary organizations, students as consumers,
and hosting organisations in low-resource settings.
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book
investigates what international placements of healthcare employees
in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy
of its national health system. The authors present empirical data
collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on
reducing maternal and new-born mortality and discuss the learning
and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting
as long term volunteers in low resource settings. They also develop
a model for structured placement that offers optimal learning and
experiential outcomes and minimizes risk, while shedding new light
on the role that international placements play as part of
continuing professional development both in the UK and in other
sending countries.
Moving People and Knowledge provides a fresh examination of the
processes of highly skilled science migration. Focusing on
intra-European mobility and, in particular, on the new dynamics of
East-West migration, the authors investigate the movement of Polish
and Bulgarian researchers to and from the UK and Germany. Key
questions include: who is moving, how long for, and why? In
addressing the motivations and experiences of mobile scientists and
their families, insights into professional and personal motivations
are provided, demonstrating how relationships, networks and
infrastructures shape decision-making. This book provides a useful
perspective on the implications of increasing researcher mobility -
for both sending and receiving regions and the individuals
concerned - which is necessary for the construction of future
policies on sustainable scientific development. This empirical
account provides a nuanced analysis of the duration and flow of
scientific mobility showing the prevalence of repeat and shuttle
moves in science careers. It will be of particular interest to
researchers in European social policy, migration studies and EU
law, as well as policymakers in the field of highly skilled
migration - especially those working on the free movement of
persons provisions and the European Research Area and European Area
of Higher Education.
This book is open access under a CC BY license. This book explores
the impact that professional volunteers have on the low resource
countries they choose to spend time in. Whilst individual
volunteering may be of immediate benefit to individual patients,
this intervention may have detrimental effects on local health
systems; distorting labour markets, accentuating dependencies and
creating opportunities for corruption. Improved volunteer
deployment may avoid these risks and present opportunities for
sustainable systems change. The empirical research presented in
this book stems from a specific volunteering intervention funded by
the Tropical Health Education Trust and focused on improving
maternal and newborn health in Uganda. However, important
opportunities exist for policy transfer to other contexts.
This book charts the development of mobility and welfare rights for
those citizens exercising their right to move or return home on
retirement under the Free Movement of Persons provisions and
explores their experiences of international mobility. It is set
within the context of 'Citizenship of the Union'. Senior
citizenship? draws on substantial primary research material to:
combine detailed analysis of the framework of EU rights shaping
social with in-depth qualitative interviews involving retired
migrants across six member states (Greece, Portugal, Italy, the
United Kingdom, Sweden and Ireland); describe and evaluate an
innovative approach to comparative enquiry that combines
biographical interviews with legal and qualitative analysis;
highlight the diverse nature of retirement migration encompassing
the experiences of returning workers, migrating retirees and post
retirement returnees. Topics are explored thematically in the
context of comparative social policy, raising important and topical
issues around the future of social citizenship and the implications
of the exercise of agency, in an increasingly global and mobile
world.
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