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35 DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION Image: TIKA training and learning. In addition, a multi-purpose teaching laboratory, micro-biology laboratory, and clinical skills and simulation centre will be renewed and fully equipped along with the offices of the teaching staff. In December 2017, AYBU conducted two short training courses at themedical faculty at UTG.The first was a one-week intensive course on infection control and qualitymanagement, infectious disease, clinical microbiology and public health. The course was delivered by four academics from AYBU’s departments of infectious disease and public health. The aim was to improve the UTG medical faculty’s infection control programme through teaching and practice as well as expe- riencing Turkey’s own hospital infection control programme and quality management. The second intensive course ran for two weeks with a focus on surgery, with five academics including a general surgeon, urologist, radiologist, orthopae- dics surgeon and an anaesthetist.The aimof the course was to discuss current expertise inThe Gambia, introduce new tech- niques, and plan possible further cooperation. The intensive short-term courses and observations are continuing in 2018. Further projects TİKA and IsDB have been applying RL methodology as an effective tool in fostering SSC and strategic partner- ships among IsDB member countries through promoting knowledge and experience sharing as well as technology transfer. In particular, TİKA and IsDB have initiated RL projects with Bangladesh on improving cotton varieties, Uganda on vocational training, Pakistan on seismological research, Suriname on capacity development of its civil avia- tion department and Sudan on developing the capacities of the Africa city of technology. A total of 25 fellowships have been created over three years through the human capacity development project. In October 2017, five observers from the University of The Gambia’s (UTG) medical faculty visited Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University (AYBU) for periods of between two and four weeks: Eliman Jobe completed his Fellowship in the field of medical biochemistry at AYBU, where he was given the opportunity to study at the Clinical Chemistry University Hospital laboratory, to enhance knowledge of automated stems for use in routine clinical chemis- try; immunoassay; point of care; internal and external quality assurance systems; laboratory requests; turna- round procedures and delivery of results to wards and clinics; and integrated laboratory information systems and levels of access. Dr. Mariam Jaw , fellow at the internal medicine department, studied organization of hospital admission and medical teams; organization and weekly activities of medical/diabetes/endocrine services; organization of dynamic tests and investigations; endocrinology and its relationship to laboratory and imaging services; emer- gency and intensive care facilities; staffing; equipment; and general organization. Omar Bojan , fellow in psychiatry nursing at AYBU, was able to gather information on psychiatric services (community and facility based); violent patients, includ- ing basic rules, procedures for admission, acute care and discharge; drug abuse, including community prevention and strategies, organization of management and reintegration, and controlled drugs for security/ in-patient facilities. Omar Jallow , fellow in medical microbiology, studied laboratory bio-safety standards and procedures; micro- biology training laboratory facilities and management; molecular and cell culture facilities and management, including for medical microbiology; laboratory services for TB diagnosis; and resistance monitoring. Ngenarr Manka , worked as the Dean’s assistant at the AYBU medical faculty. She studied procedures for filing and maintaining security of student academic records and transcripts; and the management of guests, meetings and refreshment. She also provided office assistance to the Rector and Dean of Medicine. Successful collaboration between Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University and the University of The Gambia Fellow, Eliman Jobe, during studies at the medical biochemistry department, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University