The “homemade” HIPEC machine – a cost-effective alternative in low-resource countries

Essential surgery is cost effective in resource-poor countries.

Pooling samples: the key to sensitive, specific and cost-effective genetic diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis in low-resource countries.

The aims of this study were to compare the performance characteristics and cost-effectiveness of pooling endocervical samples for screening and diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis, and to investigate the prevalence of C. trachomatis infection in women in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. A total of 1500 endocervical samples were tested individually and when pooled in groups of 5 and 10 samples, respecti...

Oral vitamin B12: a cost-effective alternative.

On February 29, 2012, Sandoz Canada announced a disruption to the supply of its many injectable medications in Canada, including vitamin B12 (VB12) while it upgraded operations to meet US Food and Drug Administration standards.1 This disruption forced Canadian physicians and pharmacists to find alternative sources or make therapeutic substitutions until the shortage was resolved. This shortage ...

Autoclaved Tumor Bone for Skeletal Reconstruction in Paediatric Patients: A Low Cost Alternative in Developing Countries

We reviewed in this series forty patients of pediatric age who underwent resection for malignant tumors of musculoskeletal system followed by biological reconstruction. Our surgical procedure for reconstruction included (1) wide en bloc resection of the tumor; (2) curettage of tumor from the resected bone; (3) autoclaving for 8 minutes (4) bone grafting from the fibula (both vascularized and no...

world health organization recommends cost‑effective interventions to control the rise in incidence of noncommunicable diseases in low‑resource settings

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