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Professor Kalipso Chalkidou

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Visiting Professor
 
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing (QEQM)St Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Squires:2020:10.1186/s12960-020-0450-9,
author = {Squires, N and Colville, S and Chalkidou, K and Ebrahim, S},
doi = {10.1186/s12960-020-0450-9},
journal = {Human Resources for Health},
title = {Medical training for universal health coverage: a review of  Cuba – South Africa collaboration},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-0450-9},
volume = {18},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Achieving improvements in Universal Health Coverage will require a re-orientation of medical education towards astronger focus on primary health care. Innovative medical curricula have been implemented in some countries, butin many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the emphasis remains focused on hospital and specialityservices. Cuba has a long history of supporting LMICs and has made major contributions to African health care andmedical training. A scheme for training South African students in Cuba was established 20 years ago and expandedmore recently, with around 700 Cuban-trained graduates returning to South Africa each year from 2018 to 2022.The current strategy is to re-orientate and re-train these graduates in South African medical schools for up to 3years as they are perceived to have inadequate skills. This negative narrative on Cuban-trained doctors in SouthAfrica could be changed dramatically. They have highly appropriate skills in primary care and prevention and couldprovide much needed services to rural and urban under-served populations whilst gaining an orientation to thehealth problems of South Africa and strengthening their skills. Bilateral arrangements between South Africa and theUnited Kingdom are providing mechanisms to support such schemes. The Cuban approach to medical educationmay have lessons for many countries attempting to meet the challenges of Universal Health Coverage.
AU  - Squires,N
AU  - Colville,S
AU  - Chalkidou,K
AU  - Ebrahim,S
DO  - 10.1186/s12960-020-0450-9
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1478-4491
TI  - Medical training for universal health coverage: a review of  Cuba – South Africa collaboration
T2  - Human Resources for Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-0450-9
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/77322
VL  - 18
ER  -
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