Urea Cycle Defects: A Challenge for Neonatologists in Limited Resource Settings

Resuscitation in resource-limited settings.

Intrapartum-related hypoxia leading to deaths and disabilities continues to be a global challenge, especially in resource-limited settings. Primary prevention during labour is likely to have a significant impact, but secondary prevention with focus on immediate basic stabilization at birth can effectively reduce a large proportion of these adverse outcomes as demonstrated in the resource-rich s...

Analytic Biosurveillance Methods for Resource-Limited Settings

Background The 21st century has seen advances in many aspects of global disease surveillance.1 These advances have been driven by heightened concerns over perceived threats to public health both from natural pathogens and from bioterrorism. These concerns have led to mandated improvements at the international level, through revision of International Health Regulations of the World Health Organi...

A Diagnostic Scoring Model for Leptospirosis in Resource Limited Settings

BACKGROUND Leptospirosis is a zoonotic infection with significant morbidity and mortality. The clinical presentation of leptospirosis is known to mimic the clinical profile of other prevalent tropical fevers. Laboratory confirmation of leptospirosis is based on the reference standard microscopic agglutination test (MAT), direct demonstration of the organism, and isolation by culture and DNA det...

Viral load testing in resource-limited settings.

Establishing Medical Schools in Limited Resource Settings

INTRODUCTION One urgent goal of countries in sub-Saharan Africa is to dynamically scale up the education and work force of medical doctors in the training institutions and health facilities, respectively. These countries face challenges related to the rapid scale up which is mostly done without proper strategic planning, without the basic elements of infrastructure development, educational as w...