Feasibility of using teleradiology to improve tuberculosis screening and case management in a district hospital in Malawi | Zendy

Rebecca M. Coulborn | Zendy; Isabella Panunzi | Zendy; Saskia Spijker | Zendy; William E. Brant | Zendy; Laura Triviño Durán | Zendy; Cara Kosack | Zendy; Michael Murowa | Zendy

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Feasibility of using teleradiology to improve tuberculosis screening and case management in a district hospital in Malawi

Author(s) -

Rebecca M. Coulborn,

Isabella Panunzi,

Saskia Spijker,

William E. Brant,

Laura Triviño Durán,

Cara Kosack,

Michael Murowa

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.11.099473

Subject(s) - teleradiology , medicine , tuberculosis , developing country , public health , population , referral , family medicine , health care , medical emergency , environmental health , telemedicine , nursing , pathology , economic growth , economics

Malawi has one of the world's highest rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (10.6%), and southern Malawi, where Thyolo district is located, bears the highest burden in the country (14.5%). Tuberculosis, common among HIV-infected people, requires radiologic diagnosis, yet Malawi has no radiologists in public service. This hinders rapid and accurate diagnosis and increases morbidity and mortality.

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