Letter: Medical training in developing countries.

Orthopaedic training in developing countries.

Need The need for both elective and emergency orthopaedic services in developing countries is great. Most of the degenerative musculoskeletal diseases seen in the West are prevalent, as well as conditions such as untreated club foot, gross genu varum and valgus, tuberculosis of the spine and severe chronic osteomyelitis. Road traffic accidents are becoming an epidemic. More than 80% of deaths i...

Medical genetics in developing countries.

Since Watson & Crick's 1953 description of the structure of DNA, significant progress has been achieved in the control of congenital disorders, most of which has benefited industrialized countries. Little advantage accrued to developing nations, most of which in the same time frame achieved a significant epidemiological transition, resulting in congenital disorders attaining public health signi...

Problems of haematology training in developing countries.

Effects of Youth Training in Developing Countries:

This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program introduced in Colombia in 2005 on the labor market outcomes of trainees. This is one of two such randomized training trials conducted in developing countries and, as such, it offers the unique opportunity to examine the causal impact of training in a developing context. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly sele...

Evolution of medical thoracoscopy in developing countries

Pleural effusion constitutes around 25% of the workload in respiratory clinics yet the elucidation of underlying pathology in pleural effusion remains a diagnostic challenge. The most feared diagnosis in pleural effusion of unknown origin is malignancy, where the probability of a definitive diagnosis from aspiration, even in the most experienced hands, is approximately 60%.1 The dilemma, theref...