In the landlocked southern African nation of Lesotho, researchers from ICAP engaged on the START Study have been grappling with these questions each day. The Forum for International Health and Tropical Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine is organizing its sixteenth Annual Forum on International Health and Tropical Medicine Symposium: Bridging Borders on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, 2014. In order to guide world organizations effectively, global leaders should perceive the impact of cultural contexts on their workplaces and the way variations in cultural views can affect their operations in a international setting.

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