Special Communication Trauma care in Malawi: A call to action
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1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi 2. Beit CURE International Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi 3. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom 4. Centre for Global Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 5. Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kindgom 6. Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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Trauma care in Malawi: A call to action
Injuries are a global public health concern because most are preventable yet they continue to be a major cause of death and disability, especially among children, adolescents, and young adults. This enormous loss of human potential has numerous negative social and economic consequences. Malawi has no formal system of prehospital trauma care, and there is limited access to hospital-based trauma ...
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تاریخ انتشار 2017