| The activities and characteristics of cooperating schools and institutes of tropical medicine in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom are documented. Their tasks include: basic practical research conducted in Europe and in the developing countries; training (initially in Europe, due to the availability of suitable facilities, but completed in the target country)of European physicians, biologists, and possibly high-class paramedical personnel for overseas work; assistance in the establishment and running of teaching and research units in overseas countries; and secondment of research workers and teachers to existing overseas institutions. To meet these demands every institute should have a double staff, occupied alternately in developing countries and at the home base. The importance of maintaining a close connection between the tropical institute and the university is stressed. |