Sotelo-Figueiredo J M
Organización Panamericana de la Salud, México, D.F.
Salud Publica Mex. 1991 Jul-Aug;33(4):330-4.
International cooperation in health is a critical input for national development. Available resources in the health sector are scarce and are frequently badly used. For these reasons national and international efforts are required to reorient the delivery of health services. Many of the social and economic problems of the 1980s still subsist, and even though outstanding political changes are evidenced, the war situation unbalanced the global order. Poverty affects almost a quarter of the human population. It is necessary to increase the resources appointed to the social sector, particularly those devoted to health and nutrition programmes. Technical exchange between countries has increased considerably since its origins at the beginning of the century. The present international cooperation in health is based on the analysis of the countries health situation and health services within the global socio-economic and political framework; it concentrates efforts around social and epidemiological priorities; considers man as central axle for development and encourages social participation in health. International technical cooperation is also giving increasing attention to environmental problems, rising new pathologies, to the promotion of scientific research and to the development of adequate technology for each national situation.
卫生领域的国际合作是国家发展的关键要素。卫生部门现有的资源稀缺且常常使用不当。基于这些原因，需要国家和国际层面共同努力来重新调整卫生服务的提供方向。20世纪80年代的许多社会和经济问题依然存在，尽管有显著的政治变革，但战争局势扰乱了全球秩序。贫困影响着近四分之一的世界人口。有必要增加分配给社会部门的资源，特别是那些用于卫生和营养项目的资源。自本世纪初国家间技术交流开始以来，其规模已大幅增长。当前的卫生领域国际合作基于在全球社会经济和政治框架内对各国卫生状况和卫生服务的分析；围绕社会和流行病学重点集中力量；将人视为发展的核心轴并鼓励社会参与卫生事务。国际技术合作也日益关注环境问题、新出现的病症、科研促进以及为各国国情开发适用技术。
