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Evaluating sociodemographic and psychiatric contributors to suicide in Sri Lanka: An ecological survey

International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases, 2018
Background: Suicide is a major public health concern worldwide. Sri Lanka has the fourth highest suicide rate in the world, with trends suggesting that underlying factors related to suicide risk remain poorly understood, and may differ from those ...
Jonathan Whittall, Alison Sumner, Arun V Ravindran, Asiri Rodrigo, Zoe J Walker   +4 more
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Epidemiological Differences in Hajj-Acquired Airborne Infections in Pilgrims Arriving from Low and Middle-Income versus High-Income Countries: A Systematised Review

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
This systematised review aims to compare the epidemiological patterns of Hajj-acquired airborne infections among pilgrims from low and middle-income countries (LMIC) versus those from high-income countries (HIC).
Hashim A. Mahdi, Mohammed Alluhidan, Abdulrahman B. Almohammed, Mohammad Alfelali, Ramon Z. Shaban, Robert Booy, Harunor Rashid   +6 more
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Access to training in neurosurgery (Part 2): The costs of pursuing neurosurgical training

Brain and Spine, 2022
Introduction: Opportunities for in-country neurosurgical training are severely limited in LMICs, particularly due to rigorous educational requirements and prohibitive upfront costs.
Deen L. Garba, Tarig Fadalla, Kwadwo Sarpong, Mazin Suliman, Myron Rolle, Adam Ammar, Haytham Hussein, Kee B. Park   +7 more
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Young, male, road traffic victims: a systematic review of the published trauma registry literature from low and middle income countries

SICOT-J, 2015
Background: Trauma contributes significantly to the global burden of disease. We analysed published trauma registries to assess the demographics of those most affected in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Boughton Oliver, Jones Gareth G., Lavy Christopher B.D., Grimes Caris E.   +3 more
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Implementing antimicrobial stewardship to reduce surgical site infections: Experience and challenges from two tertiary-care hospitals in Mumbai, India

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020
Objectives: Surgical site infections (SSIs) contribute significantly to post-surgical morbidity globally. Antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) are essential to reduce SSI rates and to curb antimicrobial resistance, especially in low-and-middle ...
Bhakti Sarang, Anurag Tiwary, Anita Gadgil, Nobhojit Roy   +3 more
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Trauma Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

The Surgery Journal, 2021
Background Trauma-related injury causes higher mortality than a combination of prevalent infectious diseases. Mortality secondary to trauma is higher in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than high-income countries.
Dhurka Shanthakumar, Anna Payne, Trish Leitch, Maryam Alfa-Wali   +3 more
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Access to training in neurosurgery (Part 1): Global perspectives and contributing factors of barriers to access

Brain and Spine, 2022
Introduction: Neurological disorders are one of the leading causes of death and disability adjusted life years (DALYs). Efforts have been made to increase the neurosurgical workforce in an attempt to address the global disease burden.
Kwadwo Sarpong, Tarig Fadalla, Deen L. Garba, Mazin Suliman, Myron Rolle, Adam Ammar, Haytham Hussen, Kee B. Park   +7 more
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Extramarital fertility in low- and middle-income countries

Demographic Research, 2022
Background: In most societies, childbearing is largely confined to women in formal marital unions, but in a subset of contemporary low-fertility Western societies, extramarital fertility has become common. However, extramarital fertility is often ignored
John Bongaarts, John Casterline
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Building neurosurgical capacity in low and middle income countries

eNeurologicalSci, 2016
Neurosurgery capacity in low- and middle-income countries is far from adequate; yet burden of neurological diseases, especially neuro-trauma, is projected to increase exponentially.
Anthony Fuller, Tu Tran, Michael Muhumuza, Michael M. Haglund   +3 more
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Global neurosurgery: the need of the hour for developing countries

Romanian Neurosurgery, 2023
Global neurosurgery is relatively a new sub-discipline of global surgery. It is an area of study, research, practice, and advocacy that focuses on enhancing health outcomes and promoting health equity for all individuals around the world who are ...
Ahtesham Khizar, Soha Zahid
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