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    Paediatric radiology seen from Africa. Part I: providing diagnostic imaging to a young population

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    Authors
    Andronikou, S
    McHugh, K
    Abdurahman, N
    Khoury, B
    Mngomezulu, V
    Brant, W E
    Cowan, I
    McCulloch, M
    Ford, N
    Affiliation
    Radiology Department, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Gauteng, South Africa; Radiology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK; Radiology Department, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Radiology Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Radiology Department, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand; Evelyna Children's Hospital, London, UK; Public Health/Access, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Cape Town, South Africa
    Issue Date
    2011-06-09
    
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    Pediatric Radiology
    Abstract
    Paediatric radiology requires dedicated equipment, specific precautions related to ionising radiation, and specialist knowledge. Developing countries face difficulties in providing adequate imaging services for children. In many African countries, children represent an increasing proportion of the population, and additional challenges follow from extreme living conditions, poverty, lack of parental care, and exposure to tuberculosis, HIV, pneumonia, diarrhoea and violent trauma. Imaging plays a critical role in the treatment of these children, but is expensive and difficult to provide. The World Health Organisation initiatives, of which the World Health Imaging System for Radiography (WHIS-RAD) unit is one result, needs to expand into other areas such as the provision of maintenance servicing. New initiatives by groups such as Rotary and the World Health Imaging Alliance to install WHIS-RAD units in developing countries and provide digital solutions, need support. Paediatric radiologists are needed to offer their services for reporting, consultation and quality assurance for free by way of teleradiology. Societies for paediatric radiology are needed to focus on providing a volunteer teleradiology reporting group, information on child safety for basic imaging, guidelines for investigations specific to the disease spectrum, and solutions for optimising imaging in children.
    Publisher
    Springer
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/255414
    DOI
    10.1007/s00247-011-2081-8
    PubMed ID
    21656276
    Additional Links
    http://www.springerlink.com/content/6345785105170447/
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    Description
    Article approval pending
    ISSN
    1432-1998
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1007/s00247-011-2081-8
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