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Preface
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. It comprises an area of 30.2 million km (11.7 million square miles), including adjacent islands, and covers 6% of t...
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Essam A. Elhalaby,
Alastair J.W. Millar
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101-102
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Training and practice of pediatric surgery in Africa: past, present, and future
The evolution and recognition of pediatric surgery as a specialty in Africa can be divided into 4 distinct phases, starting from early 1920s till the present. The pace of development has been quite va...
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Essam A. Elhalaby,
Francis A. Uba,
Eric S. Borgstein,
Heinz Rode,
Alastair J.W. Millar
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103-110
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Pediatric trauma care in Africa: the evolution and challenges
Childhood trauma is one of the major health problems in the world. Although pediatric trauma is a global phenomenon in low- and middle-income countries, sub-Saharan countries are disproportionally aff...
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Lukman O. Abdur-Rahman,
A.B. (Sebastian) van As,
Heinz Rode
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111-115
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Surgical aspects of bacterial infection in African children
Infections and their complications requiring surgical intervention are a frequent presentation in African children. Surgical site infection (SSI) is common with rates over 20%, even after clean proced...
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Emmanuel A. Ameh,
Francis A. Abantanga,
Doreen Birabwa-Male
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116-124
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Surgical implications of human immunodeficiency virus infections
Pediatric HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a pandemic predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa. Approximately 2.2 million children aged less than 15 years are infected with HIV, representing almost 95...
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Jonty Karpelowsky,
Alastair J.W. Millar
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125-135
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Challenge of pediatric oncology in Africa
The care of children with malignant solid tumors in sub-Saharan Africa is compromised by resource deficiencies that range from inadequate healthcare budgets and a paucity of appropriately trained pers...
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Larry G.P. Hadley,
Bankole S. Rouma,
Yasser Saad-Eldin
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136-141
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Parasitic infestations requiring surgical interventions
Parasitic infestation is common in developing countries especially in Africa. Children are often more vulnerable to these infections. Many health problems result from these infestations, including mal...
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Afua A.J. Hesse,
Abdellatif Nouri,
Hussam S. Hassan,
Amel A. Hashish
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142-150
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Neonatal surgery in Africa
The management of neonatal surgical problems continues to pose considerable challenges, particularly in low-resource settings. The burden of neonatal surgical diseases in Africa is not well documented...
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Lohfa B. Chirdan,
Petronilla J. Ngiloi,
Essam A. Elhalaby
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151-159
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Pediatric minimally invasive surgery in Africa: limitations and current situation
The second largest and most populous continent, with an exploding pediatric population, Africa has an overwhelming burden on its very limited pediatric surgical services. In an international environme...
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Jerome Loveland,
Alp Numanoglu,
Sameh Abdel Hay
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160-163
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Liver transplantation in an African setting
Liver disease in children in the developing world is a frequent occurrence, which is generally inadequately managed because of lack of resources. However, increasingly, there has been a demand for liv...
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Alastair J.W. Millar,
Alaa F. Hamza
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164-171
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