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Rev. méd. Chile ; 145(6): 783-789, June 2017. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-902544

ABSTRACT

Unmet needs in global health are important issues, not yet solved by the international community. A variety of individuals, non-governmental organizations (NGO) and government institutions have tried to address this situation, developing multiple types of international cooperation (IC), such as humanitarian aid (HA), cooperation for development (CD) and medical missions (MM). In the last decades, we have witnessed an exponential growth in the creation and participation of these projects. Moreover, in the last 20 years, Chile has experimented a real paradigm switch, from a receiver to a provider of IC. Due to the recent surge in interest and relevance of the topic, we performed a narrative revision of the literature related with IC. In the present article, we characterize the different types of IC, with emphasis in MM: we address the risks, controversies and ethical problems associated with these activities. We finally propose some guidelines for the future development and promotion of MM.


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Humans , Developing Countries , International Cooperation , Relief Work/organization & administration , Relief Work/ethics , Volunteers , Medical Missions/organization & administration , Medical Missions/trends , Medical Missions/ethics
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Rev. cuba. oftalmol ; 28(3): 0-0, jul.-set. 2015.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-769459

ABSTRACT

Desde el triunfo de la Revolución la formación de profesionales en Cuba se acompaña de un importante componente de formación sociohumanista. La voluntad por el desarrollo social y el bienestar humano reclama un sostenido esfuerzo por desarrollar el conocimiento, la ciencia, la tecnología y ponerlos al servicio de las mayorías. La Revolución cubana no solo ha hecho un notable esfuerzo por desarrollar el conocimiento, la educación, la cultura; sino también por compartir generosamente sus avances con otros pueblos que lo necesitan. El campo de la salud es probablemente el mejor ejemplo de esa vocación humanista de proyección universal. Una de las mayores faenas en este campo fue la Misión Milagro, que nació como una iniciativa de Fidel Castro y Hugo Chávez en el marco de la Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas. Esto conllevó la integración e interacción de varias disciplinas en función de la prestación de servicio científico-técnico donde la Oftalmología jugó un papel fundamental desde las subespecialidades. Dicho proceso tributó -de manera general, en la integración sistemática de una serie de contenidos y métodos disciplinarios- a una mejor comprensión de la realidad, así como a un enriquecimiento de la investigación interdisciplinaria. El objetivo de este trabajo es caracterizar el impacto y la influencia de la Misión Milagro en el proceso de integración interdisciplinaria de los profesionales de Oftalmología(AU)


Since the triumph of the Revolution, the training of professionals in Cuba has had an important social-humanistic component. Social development and human well-being calls for sustained efforts to increase knowledge, to develop science and technology and to put them at the service of the vast masses. The Cuban Revolution has not only made a remarkable effort to develop knowledge, education and culture, but also has generously shared their progress with others peoples in need. The healthcare field is probably the best example of that universally projected humanistic vocation. One of the major tasks in this field was the Miracle Mission which was born at the initiative of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez in the context of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas. This led to the integration and interaction of various disciplines based on the provision of scientific and technical service where Ophthalmology played a leading role in subspecialties. This process contributed in a general way to the systematic integration of a series of discipline contents and methods, to better understanding of the realities, as well as to enrichment of interdisciplinary research(AU)


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Humans , Medical Missions/ethics , Ophthalmology , Patient Care Team , Social Planning , Surgical Procedures, Operative/methods , Communication Barriers , Venezuela
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