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Paediatric emergency medicine in the developing world: The Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
Author(s) -
Furyk Jeremy S
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01219.x
Subject(s) - medicine , landlocked country , life expectancy , developing country , queen (butterfly) , pediatrics , accident and emergency , family medicine , medical emergency , demography , socioeconomics , environmental health , economic growth , population , law , hymenoptera , botany , sociology , political science , economics , biology
Malawi is a small, landlocked country in Southern Africa and is one of the poorest countries in the world. Life expectancy, infant and under five mortality statistics are appalling relative to the developed world. This article describes the experience of an emergency physician from Australia in a Paediatric Accident and Emergency department in Blantyre, Malawi.