Background The true incidence of congenital anomalies in sub-Saharan Africa is unknown.
Owing to complex challenges associated with congenital anomalies, many affected babies …

Background: Little is known about the surgical conditions affecting the pediatric population
in low-income countries. In this article we describe the epidemiology of pediatric surgical …

Background Gastroschisis is a common birth defect with< 5% mortality in high income
countries, but mortality in sub Saharan Africa remains high. We sought to compare …

Introduction Traumatic injury is responsible for eight million childhood deaths annually. In
Uganda, there is a paucity of comprehensive data describing the burden of pediatric trauma …

While the development from child to adult spans the first 8000 days (or 21 years) of life,
much of the focus in global child health has been on the first 1000 days of life (between …

Background The lack of access to essential surgery for many of our world's children is a
global health crisis. A third of all deaths in the pediatric population are due to surgical …

Surgically curable illnesses in the pediatric population are a major public health issue with a
high prevalence of 10%-33% of all pediatric admissions, and emergency situations account …

Objective Patients with congenital malformations (CMs) of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT)
have a very high mortality. However, the literature on the factors associated with mortality in …

Over half of the Ugandan population is under 18-years-old. Surgical care is provided by
district general hospitals, whose activity is coordinated by fourteen regional referral …

Aim: To observe the incidence and outcome of pediatric surgical conditions in a tertiary care
center. Method: A retrospective observational study was conducted at Motherhood …