Tache S, Kaaya E, Omer S, Mkony C A, Lyamuya E, Pallangyo K, Debas H T, Macfarlane S B
Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, Global Health Sciences, 3333 California Street, Box 0443, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Glob Public Health. 2008;3(2):137-48. doi: 10.1080/17441690701766486.
The shortage of qualified health professionals is a major obstacle to achieving better health outcomes in many parts of the world, particularly in Africa. The role of health science universities in addressing this shortage is to provide quality education and continuing professional development opportunities for the healthcare workforce. Academic institutions in Africa, however, are also short of faculty and especially under-resourced. We describe the initial phase of an institutional partnership between the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) centred on promoting medical education at MUHAS. The challenges facing the development of the partnership include the need: (1) for new funding mechanisms to provide long-term support for institutional partnerships, and (2) for institutional change at UCSF and MUHAS to recognize and support faculty activities that are important to the partnership. The growing interest in global health worldwide offers opportunities to explore new academic partnerships. It is important that their development and implementation be documented and evaluated as well as for lessons to be shared.
合格卫生专业人员的短缺是世界许多地区，尤其是非洲实现更好健康成果的主要障碍。卫生科学大学在解决这一短缺问题方面的作用是为医疗保健人员提供高质量教育和持续专业发展机会。然而，非洲的学术机构也缺乏教师，而且资源尤其不足。我们描述了穆希姆比利健康与联合科学大学（MUHAS）与加州大学旧金山分校（UCSF）之间机构伙伴关系的初始阶段，该伙伴关系以促进MUHAS的医学教育为核心。伙伴关系发展面临的挑战包括需要：（1）建立新的资金机制，为机构伙伴关系提供长期支持；（2）UCSF和MUHAS进行机构变革，以认可和支持对伙伴关系重要的教师活动。全球对全球健康的兴趣日益浓厚，这为探索新的学术伙伴关系提供了机会。记录和评估它们的发展与实施情况以及分享经验教训非常重要。
