Hofman Karen, Kramer Beverley
School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Health Sciences Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;
Glob Health Action. 2015 Nov 6;8:29559. doi: 10.3402/gha.v8.29559. eCollection 2015.
The collaboration of scientists between the developed and the developing world is an opportunity to reverse the 'brain drain' and to enable 'brain circulation'.
Attracting alumni from the Diaspora to strengthen the development of talented scientists will strengthen research in Africa.
In 2010, the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (SA), created an Alumni Diaspora Programme to boost international research collaboration and networking between leading medical and health sciences alumni who now live and work at academic institutions abroad with academic colleagues 'back home'. Based in Johannesburg, a gateway city attracting researchers from all over sub-Saharan Africa, this programme has the potential to capitalise on some of the intellectual capacity that was lost, mostly during the decades of apartheid, and to strengthen capacity, not just in SA, but across the continent.
The goal of this review is to highlight how this programme has stimulated collaborations and networking with international alumni.
发达国家和发展中国家科学家之间的合作是扭转“人才外流”并实现“人才环流”的一个契机。
吸引侨民中的校友以加强有才华科学家的培养，这将加强非洲的研究。
2010年，南非金山大学健康科学学院设立了一个侨民校友项目，以促进国际研究合作，并在现居住和工作于国外学术机构的顶尖医学和健康科学校友与“祖国”的学术同事之间建立联系。该项目位于约翰内斯堡，这座门户城市吸引了来自撒哈拉以南非洲各地的研究人员，该项目有潜力利用大部分在种族隔离几十年间流失的智力资源，不仅加强南非的能力，还能加强整个非洲大陆的能力。
本综述的目的是强调该项目如何促进了与国际校友的合作及联系。
