Kai Masanori
Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan.
Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2011 Sep;80(3):293-9. doi: 10.5025/hansen.80.293.
Leprosy Research Center is engaged in the international collaborative research project since 1989. The project was consists of two parts. One part is the JICA training course which has been practiced since 1989. Another part is the international collaborative research which was started in Indonesia in the year 1991. Author has participated in this project since 1998. Then, we started collaboration with various organizations including Pakistan, Vietnam, and Myanmar. The contents of the collaborative research were mainly technical assistances for leprosy diagnosis and we have trained young doctors, staff to conduct serological diagnosis and molecular biological diagnosis of leprosy. The projects between the countries were succesful. Throughout the collaboration with foreign countries, author felt strongly that one of most important things in such collaboration was better communication and relation between people having different cultural background.
麻风病研究中心自1989年起参与国际合作研究项目。该项目由两部分组成。一部分是自1989年起实施的日本国际协力机构培训课程。另一部分是1991年在印度尼西亚启动的国际合作研究。作者自1998年起参与该项目。随后，我们开始与包括巴基斯坦、越南和缅甸在内的各种组织合作。合作研究的内容主要是麻风病诊断的技术援助，我们培训了年轻医生、工作人员进行麻风病的血清学诊断和分子生物学诊断。各国之间的项目取得了成功。在与外国的整个合作过程中，作者强烈感受到，这种合作中最重要的事情之一是不同文化背景的人之间更好的沟通和关系。
