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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Providing safe surgery for neonates in sub-Saharan Africa
Tropical Doctor, Volume 33, No. 3, Year 2003
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Advances in neonatal intensive care, total parenteral nutrition and improvements in technology have led to a greatly improved outcome of neonatal surgery in developed countries. In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, however, neonatal surgery continues to pose wide-ranging challenges. Delivery outside hospital, delayed referral, poor transportation, and lack of appropriate personnel and facilities continue to contribute to increased morbidity and mortality in neonates, particularly under emergency situations. Antenatal supervision and hospital delivery needs to be encouraged in our communities. Adequate attention needs to be paid to providing appropriate facilities for neonatal transport and support and training of appropriate staff for neonatal surgery. Neonates with surgical problems should be adequately resuscitated before referral where necessary but surgery should not be unduly delayed. Major neonatal surgery should as much as possible be performed by those trained to operate on neonates. Appropriate research and international collaboration is necessary to improve neonatal surgical care in the environment. © 2003, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ameh, Emmanuel A.
Nigeria, Zaria
Ahmadu Bello University
Ameh, Nkeiruka
Nigeria, Zaria
Ahmadu Bello University
Statistics
Citations: 26
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/004947550303300308
ISSN:
00494755
e-ISSN:
17581133
Research Areas
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health