Published in:
01-09-2013
Inherent Difficulties of Measuring the Burden of Surgical Disease in Resource-Poor Settings: Reply
Authors:
Marc D. Manganiello, Christopher D. Hughes, Lars Hagander, David Bayne, Jean Hamiltong Pierre, Jill Buckley, John G. Meara
Published in:
World Journal of Surgery
|
Issue 9/2013
Login to get access
Excerpt
We thank Mr. Leeds for his letter and applaud his noble efforts in addressing urologic surgical needs in Haiti. Similar to the reported experience of the Emory Medishare group, we too found both a demonstrated need for and a substantial lack of urologic specialists throughout the Central Plateau. The Emory group correctly highlights many of the gaps in quality care that exist not only in Central Haiti but in resource-poor regions of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) around the world. The capacity for Haitain providers to meet the regionally specific surgical demands of their own community is something on which we should all be acutely focused in our present and future work. …
