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Mental Health in Low-Income Countries

Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 1995
The gains made in life expectancy and against infant mortality in low-income nations are being accompanied by increases in mental-health-related problems.
A, Kleinman, L, Eisenberg
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Anaemia in low-income and middle-income countries

The Lancet, 2011
Anaemia affects a quarter of the global population, including 293 million (47%) children younger than 5 years and 468 million (30%) non-pregnant women. In addition to anaemia's adverse health consequences, the economic effect of anaemia on human capital results in the loss of billions of dollars annually.
Yarlini, Balarajan   +4 more
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Obstetric Ultrasonography in Low-income Countries

Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2009
The major issues in obstetric practice in developing countries are the high rates of maternal and perinatal mortality. In most low-income countries health financing systems are not well established so most people pay for health services at the service delivery points. This causes cost-related issues to be of major concern.
Joseph D, Seffah, Richard M K, Adanu
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Growth Faltering in Low-Income Countries

2013
Meta-analysis of growth data from over 50 low and low-middle income countries shows a consistent pattern of stunting and poor weight gain from about 3 months of age and persisting until at least 5 years. Children tend not to be wasted because their short stature offsets their underweight, leading to a rather adequately proportioned appearance.
Andrew M, Prentice   +2 more
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Surgical services in low-income and middle-income countries

The Lancet, 2007
Although substantial progress has been made in addressing the burden of communicable and vaccine-preventable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries the burden of diseases that are surgically treatable is increasing and has been neglected. Both morbidity and mortality from surgically preventable (eg elective hernia repair) or treatable (eg ...
David A, Spiegel, Richard A, Gosselin
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Paediatric cancer in low-income and middle-income countries

The Lancet Oncology, 2013
Patterns of cancer incidence across the world have undergone substantial changes as a result of industrialisation and economic development. However, the economies of most countries remain at an early or intermediate stage of development-these stages are characterised by poverty, too few health-care providers, weak health systems, and poor access to ...
Ian Magrath   +8 more
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Heart failure in low-income and middle-income countries

Heart
Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome which leads to significant morbidity and mortality, poor quality of life and extremely high costs to healthcare systems worldwide. Although progress in the management of HF in high-income countries is leading to an overall reduction in the incidence and mortality of HF, there is a starkly different scenario in ...
Irina Mbanze   +4 more
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