Paediatric airway foreign-body removal equipment availability in sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Paediatric airway foreign-body removal equipment availability in sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Creator | Kabagenyi, Fiona Cherches, Alexander D. Patel, Nina R. Okerosi, Samuel N. Xu, Mary Jue Gellaw, Wale L. Abdalla, Tagwa H.A. Tshite, Felicia Hlomani, Buhlebenkosi J. Dzongodza, Titus Maina, Reuel K. Peer, Shazia Wiedermann, Joshua Sidell, Douglas R. Din, Taseer | |
| Description | Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), home to over 1 billion people, has only one paediatric otolaryngology fellowship program and nine fellowship-trained paediatric Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) specialists covering seven countries. Seven of these specialists estimated an average of 40+ patients per month are in need of critical surgical airway management in their respective countries and that 2–25 deaths per year (mainly paediatric) occur in their country from lack of access to foreign body removal equipment. Investing in paediatric airway infrastructure and capacity would largely benefit the health system in SSA, where the current lack of equipment alone leads to unmeasured morbidity and mortality. As a region of the world with the largest paediatric populations, sub-Saharan Africa’s need is all the more pressing given the disproportionately low number of medical specialists, institutions and resources. Collaborative approaches in procurement and maintenance of high-quality, cost-effective equipment are crucially desirable factors in both low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs). We, as the Global OHNS Initiative, urge for multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration to forge lasting change. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2024-05-24 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jcmsa.v2i1.45 | |
| Source | Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa; Vol 2, No 1 (2024); 3 pages 2960-110X | |
| Language | eng | |
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