Information for the British Medical Journal
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Dear All
The BMJ is publishing a special issue on "Learning from less de-
veloped countries" on 13 November. This aims to draw attention
to examples of innovative, effective, low cost models of health
care established in developing and transitional countries and
discuss their potential for wider dissemination/transfer to
richer countries (as well as others with a similar socio eco-
nomic status). We published an editorial about this on 31 Jan.
2004 (Richards T, "Exchanging health lessons globally", BMJ, Jan
2004; 328:239-240) which you can read online via our free access
web site:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7434/239
Identifying these models is not easy and so we are inviting peo-
ple to alert us to them and share their experiences. It would be
marvellous to get input from the members of AFRO-NETS so may I
urge you to look at the editorial and then go to the following
URL and submit a letter to the BMJ web site? Health care can be
interpreted widely to cover policy/education and development as
well as medical practice. If you have any trouble posting your
letter to this URL please send it directly to our letters editor
Sharon Davies mailto:sdavies@bmj.com
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7443/DC1?ck=nck
Best wishes,
Dr Tessa Richards
Assistant Editor
BMJ Editorial
BMA House
Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9JR, UK
Tel +44-207-383-6150
Fax +44-207-383-6418
mailto:TRichards@bmj.com