Surgical services for children in developing countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 829-835

  Bickler, S W ^a   Rode, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abnormalities epidemiology surgery; Africa South of the Sahara; Child health services; Cost of illness; Disabled children; Health policy; Osteomyelitis epidemiology surgery; Pediatrics; Surgery; Wounds and injuries epidemiology surgery

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COST; HEALTH SERVICES; SERVICE PROVISION;

CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ABNORMALITIES; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEDIATRICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036032844     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (26)

1. World Bank. Better Health in Africa: Experiences and Lessons Learned. Washington (DC): World Bank; 1994.
2. Bickler SW, Rode H, Kyambi J. Pediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa. Pediatric Surgery International 2001;17:442-7.
3. Bickler SW, Sanno-Duanda B. Epidemiology of paediatric surgical admissions to a government referral hospital in the Gambia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000;78:1330-6.
4. Ameh EA, Chirdan LB. Paediatric surgery in the rural setting: Prospect and feasibility. West African Journal of Medicine 2001;201:52-5.
5. Kibel SM, Jourbert G, Bradshaw D. Injury-related mortality in South African children, 1981-85. South African Medical Journal 1990;78:398-403.
6. Deen JL, Vos T, Huttly SRA, Tulloch J. Injuries and noncommunicable diseases: Emerging health problems of children in developing countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1999;77:518-24.
7. Zwi A. The public health burden of injury in developing countries. Tropical Disease Bulletin 1993;90:R5-R45.
8. Smith GS, Bass P. Unintentional injuries in developing countries: The epidemiology of a neglected problem. Epidemiology Reviews 1991;13:228-66.
9. Feachem RGA, Kjellstrom T, Murray CJL, Over M, Phillips MA, editors. The Health of Adults in the Developing World. New York: Oxford University Press; 1992.
10. Mock CN, Abantanga F, Cummings P, Koepsell TD. Incidence and Outcome of Injury in Ghana: A community-based survey. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1999;77:955-64.
11. Murray CJL, Lopez AD, editors The Global Burden of Disease, Vol. I: A Comprehensive Assessment of Mortality and Disability from Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in 1990 and Projected to 2020. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press on behalf of WHO and the World Bank; 1996.
12. Kobusingye O, Guwatudde D, Lett R. Injury patterns in rural and urban Uganda. Injury Prevention 2001;7:46-50.
13. Nordberg E. Injuries in Africa: A review. East African Medical Journal 1994;71:339-45.
14. Lett R, Brooke M. Canadian Network for International Surgery Programmes for the Prevention of Death and Disability from Surgical Disorders and Injury. Canadian International Development Agency Partnership Branch. Available from: URL: http://www.cnis.ca/cnis/ip.htm
15. Albertyn R, Bickler SW, van As AB, Millar AJW, Rode H. The effects of war on children in Africa: The war is not over when the war is over. Pediatric Surgery International (in press).
16. Simmons D. Accidents in Malawi. Archives of Disease in Childhood 1985;60:64-6.
17. Delport SD, Christianson AL, van den Berg HJS, Wolmerans L, Gericke GS. Congenital anomalies in black South African liveborn neonates at an urban academic hospital. South African Medical Journal 1995;85:11-5.
18. Venter PA, Christianson AL, Hutamo CM, Makhura MP, Gericke GS. Congenital anomalies in rural black South African neonates - A silent epidemic. South African Medical Journal 1995;85:15-20.
19. Ameh EA, Dogo PM, Nmadu PT. Emergency neonatal surgery in a developing country. Pediatric Surgery International 2001;17:448-51.
20. Bickler SW, Telfer ML, Sanno-Duanda B. Need for paediatric surgery care in an urban area of The Gambia. Tropical Doctor (in press).
21. Loefler IJP. Surgery in the third world. In: Watters DAK, editor. Surgery in the tropics. Baillères Clin Trop Med Commun Dis 1988;3:173-89.
22. Millar AJ, Rode H, Davies MR, Cywes S. Pediatric surgery in the RSA - Practice and training. South African Medical Journal 1993;83:85-8.
23. Loefler IJP. Matter for debate. The drawbacks of overspecialization. Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1999;44:11-2.
24. Watters DAK. The future of surgery in Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 1996;66:580-3.
25. Lett R. Canadian Network for International Surgery: Development activities and strategies. Canadian Journal of Surgery 2000;43:385-7.
26. Bickler SW, Sanno-Duanda B. Bone setter's gangrene. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2000;35:1431-3.