Joint operation of “Azerbaijan infectious disease prevention and management course”

Education and training for Azerbaijan local medicine management HQ until 2024

Leading “global public cooperation system activation” to meet international societies’ crisis including dispersion of infectious diseases

[March 03, 2022]

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YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) and YU Medical Center (President & CEO, KIM Jong-yeon) were selected as the agencies to implement 2002 Global Training Project by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

  KOICA Global Training project is a human resource development (HRD) project to support self-development of developing countries by transferring the experiences in Korean economic/social development to cultivate future core talents to lead national development of developing countries.

  As YU and YUMC were selected for this project, they will jointly conduct Azerbaijan infectious disease prevention and management course for three years from this year to 2024 for frontline heal staff and high-level staff taking in charge of infectious diseases in The Administration of Regional Medical Divisions (TABİB).

  They will help managers and frontline staff to take active measures to meet environmental changes in the times of global infectious diseases by enhancing their capabilities to manage infectious diseases through the training and will support construction of an effective crisis management system through infectious disease management governance and innovation of policy coordination.

  Especially, it is expected to make contributions in deducing infectious disease management action plans and seeking for both countries’ cooperative project models to be applied in the country by sharing D-Quarantine (Daegu Quarantine) model, which was the precedent of K-Quarantine.

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  KIM Ki-soo (Chairman of YU Educational Development Cooperation Network) and LEE Gyeong-soo (Chairman of Industry-University Research Office) who take in charge of the training course said, “We will continuously have discussions on the measures to connect Korean ODA (Official Development Assistance) project with Azerbaijan infectious disease management policy and to maintain and expand exchange & cooperation network between YU and trainees.”

This is not the first time that international development education/training program of YU was accepted by KOICA. “Ethiopian SNNPR (Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region) Saemaul Undong Policy Training” program was selected as the best example in “Excellent 2018 KOICA Global Education/Training Case Contest.” At that time, KOICA selected Global Saemaul Education of YU as the most excellent case in 120 countries’ global education/training programs provided for three years and six months since 2015.

  In July last year, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) upgraded Korea from a developing country to a developed country. As Korea was accepted as a developed country in international society, international demand for development experiences of Korea is expected to increase. Korea jumped to a developed country through a developing country with international societies’ support and the role of Korea as a developed country is asked now. Therefore, the role of YU in international development and cooperation area is more expected.

  President CHOI Oe-chool of YU commented, “The fact that YU was selected for KOICA project means that the performances of YU in education and training in international development and cooperation area were accepted by a publicly credible external agency. YU has academic assets and educational/training experts as well as medicine and health. We will continuously expand international development and cooperation area cultivate talents to contribute in human society in order to open diverse ways for future generations to make activities in international society.

  Meanwhile, YU has been cultivating core talents of developing countries for Asia, Africa, and Middle/South America, etc., has been dispersing academic Korean wave of YU focused in Saemaul, and has been implementing various international exchange programs since inauguration of President CHOI Oe-chool in February 2021.Also, YU has active discussions with Royal University of Phnom Penh and Western University, etc. of Cambodia on establishment of Department of Saemaul Economic Development, plural degree courses, and implementation of student exchange programs and YU Medical Center have a discussion with St. Augustine University of Tanzania on development of regional societies and installation of Department of International Health.