Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2015, Pages 201 - 203
Terrorism-related trauma in Africa, an increasing problem
Authors
Maryam Alfa-Walia, *, m.alfa@doctors.org.uk, Kaji Sritharanb, Mira Mehesc, Fizan Abdullahd, Shahnawaz Rasheede, f
aChelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Academic Surgery, Third Floor, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK
bImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary’s Hospital, Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK
cJohn Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Paediatric Surgery, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0005, USA
dJohn Hopkins University School of Medicine & Bloomberg School of Public Health, Division of Paediatric Surgery, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0005, USA
eThe Royal Marsden Hospital, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
fHumanity First, Red Lion Road, Surrey KT6 7QD, UK
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0) 203 315 8463.
Corresponding Author
Maryam Alfa-Walim.alfa@doctors.org.uk
Received 2 March 2014, Revised 23 May 2014, Accepted 26 May 2014, Available Online 15 July 2014.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jegh.2014.05.006How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Trauma; Terrorism; Public health; Surgery; Surgical public health
- Abstract
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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- © 2014 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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- 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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TY - JOUR AU - Maryam Alfa-Wali AU - Kaji Sritharan AU - Mira Mehes AU - Fizan Abdullah AU - Shahnawaz Rasheed PY - 2014 DA - 2014/07/15 TI - Terrorism-related trauma in Africa, an increasing problem JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health SP - 201 EP - 203 VL - 5 IS - 2 SN - 2210-6014 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2014.05.006 DO - 10.1016/j.jegh.2014.05.006 ID - Alfa-Wali2014 ER -