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A reflection of Africa’s cardiac surgery capacity to manage congenital heart defects: a perspective

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are birth abnormalities that may drastically alter the structure and functionality of the heart. For 70% of infants with congenital disorders to survive or maintain a better quality of life, surgery is necessary. Over 500 000 of the 1.5 million CHD cases reported annu...

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Autores principales: Awuah, Wireko A., Adebusoye, Favour T., Wellington, Jack, Ghosh, Shankhaneel, Tenkorang, Pearl O., Machai, Paciencia N.M., Abdul-Rahman, Toufik, Mani, Shyamal, Salam, Abdus, Papadakis, Marios
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10406072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37554912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MS9.0000000000001054
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author Awuah, Wireko A.
Adebusoye, Favour T.
Wellington, Jack
Ghosh, Shankhaneel
Tenkorang, Pearl O.
Machai, Paciencia N.M.
Abdul-Rahman, Toufik
Mani, Shyamal
Salam, Abdus
Papadakis, Marios
author_facet Awuah, Wireko A.
Adebusoye, Favour T.
Wellington, Jack
Ghosh, Shankhaneel
Tenkorang, Pearl O.
Machai, Paciencia N.M.
Abdul-Rahman, Toufik
Mani, Shyamal
Salam, Abdus
Papadakis, Marios
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description Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are birth abnormalities that may drastically alter the structure and functionality of the heart. For 70% of infants with congenital disorders to survive or maintain a better quality of life, surgery is necessary. Over 500 000 of the 1.5 million CHD cases reported annually, or 1% of all live births, occur in Africa, according to the WHO. A surmounted 90% of these patients are from Africa, and as a consequence, 300 000 infants die annually as a result of poor care or difficulty accessing adequate healthcare. However, the high prevalence of CHDs, precipitated by a plethora of aetiologies worldwide, is particularly pronounced in Africa due to maternal infectious diseases like syphilis and rubella amongst the pregnant populace. In low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa, where foreign missions and organizations care for the majority of complicated cardiac surgical patients, access to secure and affordable cardiac surgical therapy is a substantial issue. Interventions for CHDs are very expensive in Africa as many of the continent’s domiciles possess low expenditures and funding, thereby cannot afford the costs indicated by associated surgical treatments. Access to management and healthcare for CHDs is further hampered by a lack of trained surgical personnel, specialized tools, infrastructure, and diagnostic facilities in Africa.
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spelling pubmed-104060722023-08-08 A reflection of Africa’s cardiac surgery capacity to manage congenital heart defects: a perspective Awuah, Wireko A. Adebusoye, Favour T. Wellington, Jack Ghosh, Shankhaneel Tenkorang, Pearl O. Machai, Paciencia N.M. Abdul-Rahman, Toufik Mani, Shyamal Salam, Abdus Papadakis, Marios Ann Med Surg (Lond) Perspective Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are birth abnormalities that may drastically alter the structure and functionality of the heart. For 70% of infants with congenital disorders to survive or maintain a better quality of life, surgery is necessary. Over 500 000 of the 1.5 million CHD cases reported annually, or 1% of all live births, occur in Africa, according to the WHO. A surmounted 90% of these patients are from Africa, and as a consequence, 300 000 infants die annually as a result of poor care or difficulty accessing adequate healthcare. However, the high prevalence of CHDs, precipitated by a plethora of aetiologies worldwide, is particularly pronounced in Africa due to maternal infectious diseases like syphilis and rubella amongst the pregnant populace. In low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa, where foreign missions and organizations care for the majority of complicated cardiac surgical patients, access to secure and affordable cardiac surgical therapy is a substantial issue. Interventions for CHDs are very expensive in Africa as many of the continent’s domiciles possess low expenditures and funding, thereby cannot afford the costs indicated by associated surgical treatments. Access to management and healthcare for CHDs is further hampered by a lack of trained surgical personnel, specialized tools, infrastructure, and diagnostic facilities in Africa. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10406072/ /pubmed/37554912 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MS9.0000000000001054 Text en Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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Awuah, Wireko A.
Adebusoye, Favour T.
Wellington, Jack
Ghosh, Shankhaneel
Tenkorang, Pearl O.
Machai, Paciencia N.M.
Abdul-Rahman, Toufik
Mani, Shyamal
Salam, Abdus
Papadakis, Marios
A reflection of Africa’s cardiac surgery capacity to manage congenital heart defects: a perspective
title A reflection of Africa’s cardiac surgery capacity to manage congenital heart defects: a perspective
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title_fullStr A reflection of Africa’s cardiac surgery capacity to manage congenital heart defects: a perspective
title_full_unstemmed A reflection of Africa’s cardiac surgery capacity to manage congenital heart defects: a perspective
title_short A reflection of Africa’s cardiac surgery capacity to manage congenital heart defects: a perspective
title_sort reflection of africa’s cardiac surgery capacity to manage congenital heart defects: a perspective
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10406072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37554912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MS9.0000000000001054
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