This volume is the proceedings of the symposium on international collaborations in public health and covers means, experience and results of international cooperation projects in the field of public health including chronic lifestyle diseases, infectious diseases (SARS and HIV/AIDS), and nutritional deficiency. The lessons learned from these projects may provide important insight into the policy, research, and projects for strengthening of health from international point of view.
Preface. Strengthening community-based initiatives for health emergency management (A.M. Pesigan, S. Asahi). Improving public health through collaboration in research (N.R. Bergquist). International Health Care Cooperation: Reflections on the Project on Strengthening of Health Care in the Southern Region of Jamaica (R. Mita, S. Nakaji, K. Seino). Chronic lifestyle disease prevention through technical cooperation (M. Coombs et al.). Establishing a disease prevention model (S. Chambers). Obesity and lifestyle in Jamaica (M. Ichinohe et al.). Health education as part of health promotion and prevention of chronic lifestyle diseases in an international cooperation project (Y. Tateda et al.). Self-reported non-communicable chronic diseases and health-seeking behaviour in rural Jamaica, following a health promotion intervention: a preliminary report (M.D. Jackson et al.). The history of Japans ODA and the south-to-south cooperation (A. Hashizume). Factors involved in international scientific collaborations in Ethiopia, using a research project on schistosomiasis as an example (J.T. Jones et al.). Contribution of technical guidance on nosocomial infection control to the containment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Vietnam (H. Ohara). Hypothesis: malaria biodiversity and control on Island Melanesia (A. Kaneko). Control program against hydatidosis and the decreased prevalence in Uruguay (Y. Oku et al.). Globally oriented community and regional health (H. Ito). Crossing the river: health of mothers and children in rural Cambodia (S. Yanagisawa). Activities and achievements in the elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (D. Oyunchimeg, B. Byambatogtokh, C. Yamada). An international collaboration that connects academic researches and health program practices (C. Yamada). Author index. Keyword index.
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