Providing dermatologic care in Botswana

ABSTRACT: Dermatologists practicing in countries with limited resources are faced with multiple challenges, including medication unavailability/affordability, infrequency of clinics, and illiteracy. We share our experiences providing care in dermatology clinics throughout Botswana. We discuss the ch...

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Autores principales: Chang, Aileen Yenting, Kovarik, Carrie Lynn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Field Epidemiology Network 2010
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Life Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21918706
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spelling pubmed-31726442011-09-14 Providing dermatologic care in Botswana Chang, Aileen Yenting Kovarik, Carrie Lynn Pan Afr Med J Life Sciences ABSTRACT: Dermatologists practicing in countries with limited resources are faced with multiple challenges, including medication unavailability/affordability, infrequency of clinics, and illiteracy. We share our experiences providing care in dermatology clinics throughout Botswana. We discuss the challenges we faced and several of the solutions we implemented. Lessons learned are applicable to similar resource-limited settings in Africa. African Field Epidemiology Network 2010-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3172644/ /pubmed/21918706 Text en Copyright © Aileen Yenting Chang et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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