Individual partnerships within a country can over time expand to include multiple colleagues, disciplines, and even partner institutions. In such cases, Global REACH designates these robust partnerships as Collaboration Platforms and adds a level of administrative support to help keep the partnerships vibrant. Generally, all Platforms comprise not only multiple projects from a variety of disciplines, but also span different activities (e.g., joint research, student exchange, and capacity building).
In addition to robust student and trainee exchanges to and from Brazil, this Platform comprises more than a dozen individual collaborations across a number of disciplines. Some of the latest include partnerships in Emergency Medicine, Nursing and Palliative Care.
To date, this program has produced more than 150 graduates, nearly all of whom still practice or hold leadership positions in Ghana, and the program has become a model for similar training initiatives across Sub-Saharan Africa.
The University of Michigan Medical School has a long history of clinical, educational and research collaboration with China, at both individual and institutional levels. UMMS holds Memorandum of Understanding Agreements with several Chinese institutions including Peking Union Medical College, Central South University, Shandong University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
The India Platform spans a number of multi-disciplinary partnerships across some of the country’s leading institutions. Partnerships focus on trauma and surgery, antimicrobial resistance, genetic research of developmental disorders and more.
St. Paul's has launched post-doctoral training programs across 14 specialties and a kidney transplant program. In addition, the original obstetrics & gynecology training program launched at St. Paul's has been extended to other medical schools across Ethiopia.
Taiwan is home to the newest Global REACH Platform with collaborations largely centered on Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, the largest hospital system in Taiwan. This partnership has produced 17 joint research projects to-date in fields like surgery, otolaryngology and cardiovascular medicine.
