The burden of long bone fracture and health system response in Malawi: a scoping review

S Abbas, L Chokotho, N Nyamulani, VL Oliver - Injury, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives: Fractures pose serious health and socioeconomic consequences for individuals,
their families, and societies more broadly. In many low-resource settings, case fatality and …

Critical shortage of capacity to deliver safe paediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 67 hospitals in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania

J Gajewski, C Pittalis, E Borgstein, L Bijlmakers… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Paediatric surgical care is a significant challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),
where 42% of the population are children. Building paediatric surgical capacity to meet SSA …

The status of pediatric surgery in Malawi: a narrative mini-review

C Flocks Monaghan, C Pittalis, E Byrne… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Pediatric surgery is essential to a well-functioning health system. Unmet
surgical needs contribute to 6.7% of pediatric deaths in Malawi. Understanding the current …

[PDF][PDF] Critical shortage of capacity to deliver safe paediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 67 hospitals in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania.

G Mwapasa, M Sardana, J Gajewski, C Pittalis… - 2023 - lenus.ie
Methods: Data from 67 district-level hospitals in MTZ were collected using a PediPIPES
survey tool. Its five components are procedures, personnel, infrastructure, equipment, and …