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01-12-2020 | Global Health (K McCammon, Section Editor)

The Role of Organizations like IVUmed in Developing Centers of Excellence

Authors: Maahum Ali Haider, Frank N. Burks, Ayun Cassell, Mohamed Jalloh

Published in: Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports | Issue 4/2020

Abstract

Purpose

As healthcare disparity gaps continue to grow across the globe, so too are the efforts aimed at addressing them. Here we review the most common platforms currently used in global health and advantages and disadvantages of each. We highlight international organizations that have prioritized health system strengthening and long-term sustainability and apply the lessons learned from these endeavors to propose mechanisms for developing centers of excellence in low- and middle-income countries.

Summary

Health system strengthening must be prioritized in international urologic endeavors. Without recognizing this as a fundamental goal, well-intentioned efforts are bound to have only short-term benefit and suboptimal use of valuable resources and will neglect a critical opportunity to promote local self-sufficiency and sustainable improvement in patient outcomes.

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Title: The Role of Organizations like IVUmed in Developing Centers of Excellence
Authors: Maahum Ali Haider
Frank N. Burks
Ayun Cassell
Mohamed Jalloh
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 1931-7212
Electronic ISSN: 1931-7220
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11884-020-00603-2

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