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Oficina de Cooperación Internacional (OCI)
Director: Dr. Joan Vives
Secretaria: Sra. Esperanza Marin
Tel.: +34 (93) 227.98.92
Fax: +34 (93) 227.33.21
correo electronico: fclinic@clinic.ub.es

 
What we do * International health * Vision

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Vision
The Centre for International Health of the Clínic Hospital of Barcelona de Barcelona aspires to become an international benchmark in the fields of research, teaching, health care and technical assistance within the arenas of international health and international co-operation for public health development. This requires it to strengthen its position as a centre of excellence with the capacity to attract qualified personnel able to lead its various lines of work. Through its activities, the Centre for International Health acts as a catalyst, driving the quest to resolve health issues affecting low-income countries.
         
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Mozambique
The Centro de Investigación en Salud de Manhiça (CISM) was the country’s first high-level research centre for tropical diseases. It was founded in 1996 within the framework of the intergovernmental agreements signed between Spain and Mozambique. The mission of the centre, which is funded by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI), is to help improve the health of the population and develop the country through health care, technical support for Mozambique’s Ministry of Health, staff training and research into the priority health problems in the area. Recently, the research group from the Clínic Hospital of Barcelona / Barcelona University / IDIBAPS has developed a new strategy for controlling malaria, the results of which were published in The Lancet. The study, conducted in Tanzania, has had wide repercussions on public opinion and the scientific community. The success of the project has prompted the WHO to promote the trial of this new strategy in other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. For this purpose, it has chosen Mozambique, and has specifically selected the CISM as the pilot research centre, with the Clínic Hospital of Barcelona acting as the IPTI Consortium Global Co-ordinating Centre.
         
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Marruecos
Mother-and-child health problems in African countries have been described extensively. Due to their magnitude, they have become a priority recognised on the agendas of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations (Millennium Development Goals). The high rates of maternal and perinatal mortality in the province of Tetuán are the result of a combination of factors relating to the socio-economic structure of the area and the shortcomings of the public health system. In this context, the Maternity Ward of the Hospital Español de Tetuán (HET), backed by the AECI within the framework of the bilateral agreements signed between Spain and Morocco, has become a decisive platform, supporting the national “Maternity without risk” programme and fostering better access to quality health care for mothers and infants. With the capacity to assist 3,000 births a year, the maternity ward operates as an overspill ward for the provincial hospital. This strengthens the public structure and relieves part of the health care overload. In short, the capacity of the public health network in the area has been improved.
         
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Argentina

In Argentina, wide differences persist in citizens’ state of health. This is especially true in the north of the country (in the provinces of Tucumán, Chaco, Salta and Misiones), as evidenced by the high maternal-infant mortality rate and the prevalence of communicable diseases characteristic of poverty, including Chagas’ disease. As regards the health of mothers and infants in Chaco, for example, the maternal mortality rate in 2003 was 810 per 10,000 live births (national average: 440 per 10,000) and the infant mortality rate in 2003 was 27.7 per 100. Therefore, the risk of death during pregnancy, birth or puerperium for a woman from Chaco is almost twice that of a citizen from another Argentine province; and for infants under the age of one, the risk is at least one and a half times greater than in the rest of the country.

 

 

 

In this context, the project is designed to achieve the following three broad objectives:

 

  1. Improve human capital to enhance management of public hospitals, placing special emphasis on accessibility and equality in health care provided to women.
  2. Improve human capital to enhance health care provided to mothers and children.
  3. Improve the public health system and its human capital in Tucumán to enhance control and prevention of a “forgotten” disease endemic in the area (Chagas’ disease).
         
 
 
 
 
Actualizada el 02/07/2010
 
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