Terrorism-related trauma in Africa, an increasing problem

Global terrorist activities have increased significantly over the past decade. The impact of terrorism-related trauma on the health of individuals in low- and middle-income countries is under-reported. Trauma management in African countries in particular is uncoordinated, with little or no infrastru...

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Autores principales: Alfa-Wali, Maryam, Sritharan, Kaji, Mehes, Mira, Abdullah, Fizan, Rasheed, Shahnawaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Atlantis Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25922330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2014.05.006
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description Global terrorist activities have increased significantly over the past decade. The impact of terrorism-related trauma on the health of individuals in low- and middle-income countries is under-reported. Trauma management in African countries in particular is uncoordinated, with little or no infrastructure to cater for emergency surgical needs. This article highlights the need for education, training and research to mitigate the problems related to terrorism and surgical public health.
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spelling pubmed-73204872020-07-28 Terrorism-related trauma in Africa, an increasing problem Alfa-Wali, Maryam Sritharan, Kaji Mehes, Mira Abdullah, Fizan Rasheed, Shahnawaz J Epidemiol Glob Health Article Global terrorist activities have increased significantly over the past decade. The impact of terrorism-related trauma on the health of individuals in low- and middle-income countries is under-reported. Trauma management in African countries in particular is uncoordinated, with little or no infrastructure to cater for emergency surgical needs. This article highlights the need for education, training and research to mitigate the problems related to terrorism and surgical public health. Atlantis Press 2015 2014-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7320487/ /pubmed/25922330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2014.05.006 Text en © 2014 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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