B5 Lessons for the developed world from developing countries

B5 Lessons for the developed world from developing countries

Format: Brief presentations followed by discussion

Levels of resourcefulness and innovativeness in developing nations are very high, and their leaders and practitioners can teach others a great deal. This session features their work and ideas, isolating key useful clinical insights and improvement approaches for those in developed world health care settings.

After this session you will be able to:

• Understand outstanding improvement work from developing nations
• Identify best practices and insights from that work
• Identify key lessons of relevance for developed settings

Barbara Tobin, Director of Developing Countries Work, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, USA; and presenters selected from projects in developing nations; Victor Boguslavsky, Country Director, URC Moscow, Russia;  Marco Linden, Medical Director, Nkhoma Mission Hospital, Malawi;  Pierre Barker, Professor of Paediatrics, University of North Carolina, USA; Gilbert Buckle, Executive Secretary, Department of Health, National Catholic Secretariat, Ghana