Short-term medical service trips (MSTs) aim to address unmet health care needs of low-and
middle-income countries. The lack of critically reviewed empirical evidence of activities and …

OBJECTIVE Pediatric hydrocephalus is one of the most common neurosurgical conditions
and is a major contributor to the global burden of surgically treatable diseases. Significant …

Object Evidence from the CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda (CCHU) suggests that
treatment for hydrocephalus in infants can be effective and sustainable in a develo** …

Highlights•Global neurosurgery is a critical necessity among global surgery.•Global
neurosurgery has been off the government priority list for years.•Neurosurgical resources do …

Object In Tanzania, there are 4 neurosurgeons for a population of 46 million. To address this
critical shortage of neurosurgical care, the authors worked with local Tanzanian health care …

OBJECTIVE The recognition that neurosurgeons harbor great potential to advocate for the
care of individuals with neural tube defects (NTDs) globally has sounded as a clear call to …

Roughly one-third of the world's nearly 7 billion people are covered by approximately 1/20 of
its neurosurgeons. Neurosurgeons in the more developed countries have a moral obligation …

OBJECTIVE Neurosurgical services are increasingly recognized as essential components of
surgical care worldwide. The degree of interest among neurosurgeons regarding …

Objective With subspecialty surgical care often unavailable to poor patients in develo**
countries, short-term brigades have filled a portion of the gap. We prospectively assessed …

Background Congenital anomalies are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. We aimed to review the common surgically correctable congenital anomalies …