By GHHub
Read about why injuries demand the same attention as infectious diseases, and how to move forward with addressing this neglected aspect of global health. As discussed in a new review by Norton and Kobusingye in the current issue of NEJM, in 2010, almost 1 out of every 10 deaths in the world — and the [...]
By Abraar Karan
Dr. Sherry Wren, a Professor of General Surgery at Stanford School of Medicine, answers this question as she advocates for the addition of surgical care as a major facet in the global health dialogue. The talk is viewable here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGJyE5ytqD0 Dr. Wren bullet points the following facts that elucidate the scope of inequity in access [...]
By Humanosphere
In some respects, the growth of the medical tourism industry relies on the failures of domestic health systems. “Medical tourists” travel from the US to Central and South America for affordable treatments, from the UK to India for shorter waits, from Nigeria to Europe for decent quality services. Continue reading →
By GHHub
In the current issues of the World Journal of Surgery Mortality Pattern in Surgical Wards of a University Teaching Hospital in Southwest Nigeria: A Review – Online First – Springer.
By GHHub
World Journal of Surgery – In a paper in the current issue, Beard et al provide a “simple framework for calculating inguinal hernia epidemiology in resource-poor settings that may be used for advocacy and program planning in multiple country contexts.” Characterizing the Global Burden of Surgical Disease: A Method to Estimate Inguinal Hernia Epidemiology in [...]
By Mark Shrime
New York Times <Reposted from here> What is a hospital? Seriously obvious question, right? Except, when a close friend and mentor asked me that question a couple of weeks ago, I really didn’t have an answer. I was in Conakry, Guinea, working with Mercy Ships aboard the Africa Mercy. A completely spectacular time, as always, [...]
By NyayaHealth.
When a child dies, there is silence. The silence is deafening; a certain spectrum of sound that our ears will never again experience. That is the lived reality of parents, and we as clinicians, accompagneteurs, and friends experience that silence through them. There is nothing that we can do to come back to sound, come [...]
By GHHub
Though the gauze was tightly caked over his right hand, there was little doubt as to the necrotic and festering infection that lay beneath. For a moment, despite the crowd of not-so-hesitant onlookers underneath a medium-sized pipal tree, I wanted to remove the gauze. I reflexively removed some Kerlix from my bag, but the small [...]
By GHHub
WJS – 2013 – Surgeon Migration Between Developing Countries and the United States: Train, Retain, and Gain from Brain Drain – Springer.
By GHHub
WJS: Measuring Global Surgical Disparities: A Survey of Surgical and Anesthesia Infrastructure in Bangladesh – Springer.
By GHHub
JAMA Network | Archives of Surgery | Cancer Surgery in Low-Income CountriesAn Unmet NeedCancer Surgery in Low-Income Countries.
By GHHub
The Lancet Special Issue GBD 2010 A promise to save 100 000 trauma patients : The Lancet.
By GHHub
New commentary by Drs. Paul Firth and Stephen Ttendo – “Intensive Care in Low-Income Countries — A Critical Need — NEJM. More at GlobalSurgery.org
By GHHub
From the World Journal of Surgery A Survey of Surgical Capacity in Rural Southern Nigeria: Opportunities for Change – Springer.
