Dear Neil and friends of hifa-chifa,
About pediatrics in lMIC I'd write that the market has won the war. Morley, Jelliffe, Werner are defunct,their books belong to history.
Market of drugs and privatisation of healthcare, yes the two ennemies of
Medicine are today all over the world. In children and elders drugs are
there for them.
More than 80% of children with diarrhea or cough are treated with an antibiotic.
poor pay twice, with the little money they have and the wrong medicine they
receive.
Let's hope in AI.
Best wishes.
Massimo
Dodoma
CHIFA Profile: Massimo Serventi is a long-standing Pediatrician working in Africa since 1982. He currently works on a volunteer basis in an excellent missionary/credited hospital in north Uganda, St. Mary's Hospital-Lacor-GULU. He has worked for several NGOs in 6 African/2 Asian countries. His interests include clinical and community pediatrics, adherence to clinical guidelines and school education as the major determinant of good health. massimoser20 AT gmail.com)