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Operations

1 Case Study

Healthcare Personnel
Training Program

Student from Kiribati undergoing training at the pharmacy of MacKay Memorial
Hospital.

Many developing countries lack To ensure sustainable resource Nomathemba Cynthia Ginindza, one
the resources for health and medical linkages and maximize assistance of the trainees from the Swaziland
training, as well as healthcare synergy, the training program now public health department, said that
professionals and related technology, complements our public health the two-month training will be useful
hindering progress in medical projects with a focus on subject- in planning relevant policies upon
developments. To further strengthen specific training. Starting from 2012, his return home. This program not
medical cooperation with our allies and the TaiwanICDF began to prioritize only provided the Swazi trainees and
respond to SDG 17, strengthen the training for participants of public health medical professionals from the partner
means of implementation and revitalize and medical projects from partner hospital the opportunity to exchange
the global partnership for sustainable countries that have entered the project their experiences and learn about
development, the TaiwanICDF teamed identification, preparation, appraisal, Taiwan’s practices; it also enabled
up with several medical institutions approval, and implementation stages. them to develop friendships.
and other professional health related These trainees are expected to The Healthcare Personnel Training
agencies in Taiwan to provide training become the contact windows or Program is now in its 12th year.
for healthcare personnel of partner seed instructors for future cooperation Between 2005 and 2016, a total of
countries. Through these collaborations, projects, since prior training can 358 participants have completed
we aim to improve the quality of health effectively shorten the time for the training. The TaiwanICDF will
care in these partner countries through planning and communication before continue to link the needs of our
raising their professional capacity as project formation and expand the partner countries with our own
well as increasing technical exchange base of healthcare professionals who regional development plans, to bring
and experience sharing. have the competence to implement in other countries in the region into
the projects. The training program the program, so as to progressively
Complementing public health includes specialized medical training develop their capacity and foster
projects and focusing on in Taiwan and participation in project local skilled talents to enhance the
subject-specific training planning. Partner medical institutions effectiveness of related projects.
Candidates of this program are of the project also dispatch healthcare
recommended by partner countries professionals to our partner countries
based on their needs for health according to their needs to provide
workers. The TaiwanICDF then selects clinical or specialization training,
eligible participants for training in helping the healthcare personnel to put
Taiwan. Partner medical institutions are their training into practice.
in charge of planning the content for For example, in the Maternal and 358
the training courses, which vary from Infant Health Care Improvement Project
one to three months in length, based in the Kingdom of Swaziland launched
on the proposed needs. In 2016, a in 2016, Swaziland appointed potential Number of health care
trainees over
total of 26 trainees from 17 countries project coordinators to Taiwan 12 years
completed training in 15 different for training at the partner medical
medical institutions. institution, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital.

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