Radiologists join to implement pediatric imaging training, education and outreach in Nigeria

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Children younger than 14 years account for 44% of the Nigerian population of more than 170 million people [1]. There are fewer than 500 board-certified general radiologists and no pediatric radiologists to provide quality imaging services to these 75 million children, making the radiologic contribution to their care suboptimal. This compelled radiologists with a special interest in pediatric imaging to form the Society of Pediatric Imaging in Nigeria (SPIN) in June 2013. SPIN, though still in its infancy, has plans to coordinate scientific work and research activities in pediatric imaging throughout Nigeria and foster relationships between radiologists and their colleagues in the clinical pediatric specialties. …