Challenges, opportunities and strategies of global health radiology in low and middle-income countries (LMICs): an excerpt review

Big Data and Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Low and Middle Income Countries

Big data is creating the potential for a revolution in many domains, including public health. However, big data represents only one of the ingredients to materialize this revolution, and we need to surmount many other sociotechnical elements required to enable it and other various challenges. From the perspective of ministries of health in low and middle income countries (LMICs), I examine some...

The Implications of Global Neurosurgery for Low- and Middle-Income Countries. The Case of Cameroon.

The unequal distribution of neurosurgical resources and diseases in the world contributes to inequality. Eight in ten neurosurgical cases needing essential neurosurgical care are found in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); however, LMICs lack the neurosurgical resources to address these needs. Besides, where neurosurgical care is available, it is not financially accessible to the majorit...

Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): An area of need

Over 90% of people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have access to surgical care. In the absence of appropriate surgical care, there is high morbidity and mortality from surgically curable diseases, such as cervical cancer. Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in LMICs is extremely limited. The benefits of laparoscopy over open surgery are even more pronounced in...

The burden of musculoskeletal injury in low and middle-income countries: challenges and opportunities.

Investigation performed at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, California; San Francisco General Hospital, the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California; Academy of Traumatology, Ahmedabad, Gujar...

Cancer control opportunities in low- and middle-income countries.