Strategies to discourage brain drain

Building health research expertise q developing countries often requires personnel to receive training beyond national borders. For research funding agencies that sponsor this type of training, a major goal is to ensure that trainees return to their country of origin: attaining this objective requir...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2004-08, Vol.82 (8), p.616-623
Main Authors: Kupfer, Linda, Hofman, Karen, Jarawan, Raya, McDermott, Jeanne, Bridbord, Ken
Format: Article
Language:English
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Apoyo a la formación profesional
Brain drain
Conferences, meetings and seminars
Developing countries
Emigration and immigration
Exodo intellectual
Health Policy & Services
Immigration and emigration
Infecciones por VIH
Investigación biomédica
Investigadores
Labor aspects
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical sector
Migración internacional
Países desarrollados
Países en desarrollo
Prevention
Preventive strategies
Prioridades en salud
Research workers
Scientists
Training
United States
USA
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Summary:Building health research expertise q developing countries often requires personnel to receive training beyond national borders. For research funding agencies that sponsor this type of training, a major goal is to ensure that trainees return to their country of origin: attaining this objective requires the use of oroactive strategies. The strategies described were developed under the extramural acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) International Training and Research Program (AITRP) funded by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) at the National Institutes of Health. United States. This programme supports universities in the United States that provide research training to scientists from developing countries to enable them to address the global epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS and the related tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. This paper describes the strategies employed to discourage brain drain by the principle investigators (PIs) of five of the longest-funded AITRPs (funded for 15 years). Long-term trainees in these programmes spent from 11 to 96 months (an average of 26 months) studying. Using scientific, political and economic strategies that address brain drain issues, PIs working in AITRPs have attained an average rate of return home for their trainees of 80%
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.1590/S0042-96862004000800012