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African Diaspora and control of HIV infection due to unsafe medical practices in Africa
Bukonda, Ngoyi K. Z. Disashi, Tumba G.
Bukonda, Ngoyi K. Z.
Disashi, Tumba G.
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2009-12
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African diaspora,Capacity development,Control of HIV infection,Global learning,Health care workers
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Ngoyi K. Zacharie Bukonda, Tumba Ghislain Disashi; African Diaspora and control of HIV infection due to unsafe medical practices in Africa; African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, Vol. 3 (12), pp. 540-546, December, 2009; Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/ajpsir; ISSN 1996-0832 © 2009 Academic Journals
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Members of the African Diaspora have been portrayed as defectors, disloyal to their motherland. Such overgeneralized characterizations unfortunately risk clouding a complex reality and masking the positive involvement of a large number of Africans of the Diaspora in African affairs, particularly in the
context of the HIV/AIDS crisis. One illustration of this involvement is a pilot project undertaken by US based members of the African Diaspora in collaboration with one Congolese medical school. Implemented in the Eastern Kasai Province (Democratic Republic of the Congo), the pilot project
focused on the training of health care professionals and on the deployment of quality improvement teams to effectively mitigate HIV infection which results from unsafe medical practices. Project aims, design, strategies, and accomplishments are described. Building on this case, arguments are presented to expand the concept of global learning to include capacity development projects, conceived and implemented by the African Diaspora.
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African Journal of Political Science and International Relations
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1996-0832