Challenges of Caring for Functionally Single Ventricle Patients in Africa-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Challenges of Caring for Functionally Single Ventricle Patients in Africa

Published:2019-05 Issue:3 Volume:10 Page:338-342
ISSN:2150-1351
Container-title:World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
language:en
Short-container-title:World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg

Author:

Edwin Frank¹²,Elgamal Mohamed-Adel³,Dorra Abid⁴,Reddy Darshan⁵⁶,Entsua-Mensah Kow²,Adzamli Innocent²,Yao Nana-Akyaa²,Tettey Mark²⁷,Tamatey Martin¹²,Vosloo Susan⁸,Kinsley Rob⁶

Affiliation:

1. Department of Surgery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

2. National Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

3. Mansoura University Children’s Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt

4. Cardiology Department, Hedi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia

5. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

6. Lenmed Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre, Durban, South Africa

7. School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

8. Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Abstract

Surgical palliation has remarkably improved survival of functionally single ventricle (FSV) patients born in developed nations but such outcomes have not occurred in Africa. The poor care coverage for FSV patients in Africa exists within the larger sphere of deficient health care for children born with congenital heart defects (CHDs) in Africa generally. This review takes the position that to improve health-care coverage for CHD patients on the continent, political priority is paramount. This can be attained with cohesive leadership for the CHD agenda, a guiding institution, and the mobilization of civil society to drive advocacy at national and international levels.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health,Surgery

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2150135118817769

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