Global hydrocephalus epidemiology and incidence: systematic review and meta-analysis

MC Dewan, A Rattani, R Mekary, LJ Glancz… - Journal of …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Hydrocephalus is one of the most common brain disorders, yet a reliable
assessment of the global burden of disease is lacking. The authors sought a reliable …

Global trends in pediatric burn injuries and care capacity from the World Health Organization Global Burn Registry

KC Jordan, JL Di Gennaro… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Burn injuries are a major cause of death and disability globally. The World
Health Organization (WHO) launched the Global Burn Registry (GBR) to improve …

Inclusion of children's surgery in national surgical plans and child health programmes: the need and roadmap from global initiative for children's surgery

JO Seyi-Olajide, JE Anderson, N Kaseje… - Pediatric Surgery …, 2021 - Springer
About 1.7 billion children and adolescents, mostly in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs) lack access to surgical care. While some of these countries have developed …

Pediatric neurosurgical workforce, access to care, equipment and training needs worldwide

MC Dewan, RE Baticulon, A Rattani, JM Johnston… - Neurosurgical …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The presence and capability of existing pediatric neurosurgical care worldwide
is unknown. The objective of this study was to solicit the expertise of specialists to quantify …

Burden of neonatal surgical conditions in northern Ghana

A Abdul-Mumin, TTK Anyomih, SA Owusu… - World journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Congenital anomalies have risen to become the fifth leading cause of under-
five mortality globally. The majority of deaths and disability occur in low-and middle-income …

Timing and causes of neonatal mortality in Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana: a retrospective study

A Abdul-Mumin, C Cotache-Condor, SA Owusu… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Neonatal deaths now account for more than two-thirds of all deaths in the first year of life and
for about half of all deaths in children under-five years. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts up to …

Is global pediatric surgery a good investment?

ER Smith, TL Concepcion, KJ Niemeier… - World journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Investing in surgery has been highlighted as integral to strengthening overall health systems
and increasing economic prosperity in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

Prevalence of pediatric surgical conditions across Somaliland

T Concepcion, M Mohamed, S Dahir… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although surgical conditions are increasingly recognized as causing a
significant health care burden among adults in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

Interpreting the Lancet surgical indicators in Somaliland: a cross-sectional study

S Dahir, CF Cotache-Condor, T Concepcion… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background The unmet burden of surgical care is high in low-income and middle-income
countries. The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) proposed six indicators to …

Neonatal surgical morbidity and mortality at a single tertiary center in a low-and middle-income country: a retrospective study of clinical outcomes

MS Hasan, N Islam, AR Mitul - Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The most challenging and demanding issue in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery
is to deal with neonatal surgery which almost always involves emergency neonatal surgical …