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Roundtable. Strategies to discourage brain drain.

Linda Kupfer1, Karen Hofman, Raya Jarawan

  • 1National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. kupferl@mail.nih.gov

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
|September 18, 2004
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To prevent brain drain, research funding agencies use proactive strategies. A program supporting scientists from developing countries achieved an 80% trainee return rate using scientific, political, and economic approaches.

Area of Science:

  • Global Health
  • Medical Training
  • Research Capacity Building

Background:

  • International training is crucial for developing health research expertise.
  • Retaining trained personnel in their home countries is a key goal for funding agencies.
  • The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) International Training and Research Program (AITRP) addresses global human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe strategies used by principal investigators (PIs) to mitigate brain drain among trainees.
  • To report the trainee return rates from long-term AITRP programs.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of strategies employed by PIs in five long-standing AITRPs (funded for 15 years).
  • Focus on scientific, political, and economic approaches to discourage brain drain.

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  • Tracking of long-term trainees (11-96 months, average 26 months).

    • Main Results:

    • Principal investigators successfully implemented strategies to combat brain drain.
    • An average trainee return rate of 80% was achieved.
    • The strategies were effective in retaining research personnel in their countries of origin.

    Conclusions:

    • Proactive, multifaceted strategies are essential for retaining health researchers in developing countries.
    • The AITRP model demonstrates success in fostering research capacity while minimizing brain drain.
    • International research training programs can be designed to benefit both the trainees and their home countries.