부산대학교 도서관

The purpose of the workshop was to introduce the Medical ZAIRAICHI Network, which we are establishing as an international interdisciplinary collaboration to understand how local people prevent, treat, and take care of patients with diseases, and maintain health while embracing both modern biomedical and local practices that encompass knowledge, resources (healing, treating, and caring) and skills. The keynote speakers and oral presenters spoke about their perspectives on medical ZAIRAICHI and their research studies in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Malawi. Discussions included Medical ZAIRAICHI's multiple aspects in health care, such as biomedical sciences, interaction with animals and the environment, health-care systems and ethical issues, and socio-cultural environment. In each research field, we need to make sure that we consider the question of how people perceive the body and the causes of health problems, prevention, and caring modalities. Based on this knowledge and resources, we can create a balanced knowledge base for safe, feasible, and sustainable health options through interdisciplinary collaboration. We need to remain open to consultation and feedback from local perspectives. Only then can we develop health education content for communities, schools, and patients and consider the effective distribution of health education using Information and Communication Technology (ICT).