TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting Arab and Israeli cooperation
T2 - Peacebuilding through health initiatives
AU - Skinner, Harvey
AU - Abdeen, Ziad
AU - Abdeen, Hani
AU - Aber, Phil
AU - Al-Masri, Mohammad
AU - Attias, Joseph
AU - Avraham, Karen B.
AU - Carmi, Rivka
AU - Chalin, Catherine
AU - El Nasser, Ziad
AU - Hijazi, Manaf
AU - Jebara, Rema Othman
AU - Kanaan, Moien
AU - Pratt, Hillel
AU - Raad, Firas
AU - Roth, Yehudah
AU - Williams, A. Paul
AU - Noyek, Arnold
N1 - Funding Information:
We dedicate this article to the memory of our Jordanian colleague Mohammed Al Omari—his courage and good humour will be greatly missed. We thank our colleagues in the middle east and Canada for their encouragement and involvement in CISEPO cross-border health initiatives. The study was supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Global Health Research Initiative (H Skinner, principal investigator) and from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA; A Noyek, principal investigator). The funding sources had no role in the writing of the paper.
PY - 2005/4/2
Y1 - 2005/4/2
N2 - This article describes a positive experience in building Arab and Israeli cooperation through health initiatives. Over the past 10 years Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian health professionals have worked together through the Canada International Scientific Exchange Program (CISEPO). In the initial project, nearly 17 000 Arab and Israeli newborn babies were tested for early detection of hearing loss, an important health issue for the region. The network has grown to address additional needs, including mother-child health, nutrition, infectious diseases, and youth health. Our guiding model emphasises two goals: project-specific outcomes in health improvement, and broader effects on cross-border cooperation. Lessons learned from this experience and the model provide direction for ways that health professionals can contribute to peacebuilding.
AB - This article describes a positive experience in building Arab and Israeli cooperation through health initiatives. Over the past 10 years Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian health professionals have worked together through the Canada International Scientific Exchange Program (CISEPO). In the initial project, nearly 17 000 Arab and Israeli newborn babies were tested for early detection of hearing loss, an important health issue for the region. The network has grown to address additional needs, including mother-child health, nutrition, infectious diseases, and youth health. Our guiding model emphasises two goals: project-specific outcomes in health improvement, and broader effects on cross-border cooperation. Lessons learned from this experience and the model provide direction for ways that health professionals can contribute to peacebuilding.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)74817-0
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)74817-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:20144389647
VL - 365
SP - 1274
EP - 1277
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
SN - 0140-6736
IS - 9466
ER -
