It is launching a national record of cooperating physicians.

starts up a record national medical aid workers.

– currently, there is no official census of active cooperating medical professionals working in cooperation projects in countries in development

– the Foundation network of schools doctors Solidarios, driven by the College medical organization, has launched a national registry of medical aid workers in active with the collaboration of the 52 officers medical schools

-the aim of this registry is to know the reality of our medical professionals who are working on projects of cooperation and, also, advance programs and benefits that respond to their needs real.

-the professionals concerned outabout through its College of physicians or through the website www.fundacionrcoms.com

Madrid, June 20, 2011- the Foundation Network schools doctors Solidarios, driven by the College medical organization (WTO), has launched a national registry of medical aid workers with the collaboration of the 52 officers medical schools. The objective is to know the reality of our medical professionals who are working on projects of cooperation and, also, advance programs and benefits that respond to their real needs.

according to data published by the Spanish Agency of international cooperation for development in 2009, there are about 1,360 Spanish aid workers working for non-governmental organizations abroad, excluding workers who cooperate with UN, bilateral or multilateral aid to international humanitarian organizations and development agencies. Currently, there is no official census of active cooperating medical professionals working in cooperation projects in developing countries.

the increase of medical professionals working in projects and/or organizations of development, the growing demand for professionalisation of the sector and the application more and more, by the collective medical, benefits and services to improve the development of its work led to schools doctors Solidarios sunset network Foundation launched a register at the national level to collect the situationdoes collective, ensure their rights and give answer to your questions and/or needs for training, counselling and other services.

a national registry is essential to have proof of professional medical aid workers in active employment, know their status and to offer them benefits according to their needs. When it comes to collect the data, the collaboration of the provincial colleges of physicians being key to configure an authoritative record. Once known the reality of the cooperating Spanish health care provider, the network schools doctors Solidarios Foundation will develop benefits and programmes that facilitate its work and strengthen the collective, and consequently the quality of life of the beneficiary populations of its intervention in developing countries ”, says Dr. Ricard Guitérrez, Vice President of the WTO.

those cooperating physicians in active or that they are interested in participating in the future in development projects already can register at the website of the Foundation www.fundacionrcoms.com.

the web, where to register to.

the www.fundacionrcoms.com website is structured in different sections where those interested cooperating physicians will have access both to general information, publications, news of interest, as well as what are the rights and duties of the figure of the medical aid worker and volunteer.

on the other hand, the web presents other two paragraphs where register. One of them is called: am cooperating doctor ” where a form that is intended to collect information concerning the working conditions of medical practitioners who are putting humanitarian work abroad, in order to be able to provide them with a number of benefits that suit their needs; is the information collected will be facilitated to the corresponding medical school in order to keep close track.

in another paragraph want to be a cooperating doctor ”, those interested in participating in health cooperation projects may be registered through a form that will be sent to to its corresponding medical school; those registered doctors be them informed bids that organizations demand.

Foundation network of schools medical solidarity.

the Foundation schools medical solidarity network is a private organization of nature Foundation, non-profit whose heritage is affected on a lasting basis, volition of its creators, to the attainment of the objectives of general interest which are detailed in article 6 of the statutes.

the purposes of interest general of the Foundation are directly related to health and health protection, with the cooperation for development, promotion of volunteerism and social action, facilitating cooperation in the health sector with special emphasis on the aspects of training, transfer of knowledge, exchange of health professionals and technical help with schools or professional groups of recipient countries, with the aim of improving the living conditions of the population of the countries in the process of development.

the specific objectives include establishing a platform for follow-up and support to medical practitioners cooperating through various benefits and services that respond to identified needs; promote a platform of work, consultation and information for doctors and the medical field development organizations; develop programmes of training for medical professionals as well as of international health cooperation in developing countries directly or through organizations of development