Japanese Journal of Medical Technology
Online ISSN : 2188-5346
Print ISSN : 0915-8669
ISSN-L : 0915-8669
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Clinical laboratory status and issues in developing countries determined on the basis of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer surveys: Technical support in clinical laboratory in developing countries
Yasuhito NAKAJIMAMayumi TANIGUCHI
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2022 Volume 71 Issue 4 Pages 704-711

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Clinical laboratory technologists have been dispatched to the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers program to contribute to the development of clinical laboratories in developing countries. Many of them have experiences that are different from their experiences in Japan. Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers have difficulties in achieving results owing to differences in politics, religion, culture, and particular agendas in developing countries. In this study, we investigated the clinical laboratory status and issues in developing countries encountered by Japanese clinical laboratory technologists. The clinical laboratory technologists mainly conducted tests on specimens. Most of the countries received aid from other countries, including Japan; however, issues regarding the ability to continuously purchase reagents after assistance, the establishment of a maintenance system, and the response to failures were identified. The following suggestions were made for JICA and the Japanese Association of Medical Technologists: “opportunity for training in Japan”, “cultivation of Japanese clinical laboratory technologists who can work overseas”, and “providing textbooks on clinical tests in foreign languages”. Furthermore, it was suggested that technology should be provided. Using the survey, we found that it is considered important for Japan to provide “skilled people and material and financial assistance” to developing countries and to continuously share knowledge and technology with them.

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