Review for the Korean Health Professionals and International Cooperation Doctors Dispatched to Peru by KOICA(Korea International Cooperative Agency)

South Korea dispatches Korean nationals to partner developing countries as a ODA project through KOICA(Korea International Cooperation Agency. In the health sector, KOICA dispatches International Cooperation Doctors(ICDs), nurses, physical therapists, radiologic technologists, nutritionists, medical laboratory technologists, occupational therapists and dental hygienists.Total 216 ICDs were dispatched over 19 times from 1995 until 2013. There were 19 kinds of specialties among the ICDs. The most common specialty was internal medicine (61/216, 28.2%), second most common specialty was general surgery (43/216, 19.9%), followed by oriental medicine (27/216, 12.5%), pediatrics (17/216, 7.9%), orthopedics (16/216, 7.4%), family medicine (16/216, 7.4%) and odontology (14/216, 6.5%).
Source: Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research