Rural Mobile Ultrasonography in Africa: Need, Prospects and Feasibility
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Ultrasonography has become firmly established in modern medicine cutting across all subspecialties. Unfortunately there is limited access to the technology in much of rural Africa. While access to this and similar technologies is restricted in rural and better in urban African communities, the larger burden of disease is borne by rural communities.Mobile ultrasonography can help bridge some of this gap. It is highly needed, cost effective, feasible and safe in these environments. Primary health centres in rural Africa should be equipped with portable ultrasound machines, supported by physicians from the cities, and the advantages of telesonography fully exploited.
Authors and Affiliations
Ekanem E. E
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP505896
- DOI -
- Views 105
- Downloads 0
Foot Ulcers and Risk Factors among Diabetic Patients Visiting Surgery Department in Medical College Hospital Bikaner, Rajasthan
Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the most widespread non communicable diseases across the world. Two types of complications are encountered usually with DM: microvascular and macrovascular. Material and Me...
KAP study regarding Biomedical Waste Management (BWM) among the undergraduate medical students: A cross-sectional study.
Purpose: BMW management is a team work requiring cooperation and coordination of doctors to ward boys. An undergraduate student being the future doctors; are exposed to various BMW during their course of training in hosp...
Study of Histopathological Changes in Kidney of Male Wistar Rats after Contrast Induction
Use of iodinated contrasts in day to day clinical practice is increased in diagnosis and treatment. Its impact on the kidney has not studied extensively. As per the previous literature reviews, use of iodinated contrast...
Implementation of Bioinformatics for the study of Neurological diseases based on ANN (Artificial Neural Network) using TAU protein.
ANN (Artificial Neural Network) generally referred as neural networks are the information or signal processing mathematical model that is basically based on biological neurons. It is a complex structure which consist of...
A Study to assess levels of Depression, Anxiety and Stress between First and Final year Medical students of Selected Medical College Karimnagar District, Telangana
Objective: To assess and compare the prevalence of Stress, Anxiety and Depression (by DASS scale) in MBBS students of selected Medical College of Karimnagar District of Telangana state. Study Design: Descriptive Cross se...