ArticleThe Journal of hospital infection2007
Poverty and infection in the developing world: healthcare-related infections and infection control in the tropics.
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- The many definitions of multiplicity of infection.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2022Article
- Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in children: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study.BMJ global health · 2020Article
- Multimodal intervention program to improve hand hygiene compliance: effectiveness and challenges.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2020Article
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- Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Nosocomial Pathogens in Regional China: A Brief Report from Two Tertiary Hospitals in China.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2018Article
- Infection control at an urban hospital in Manila, Philippines: a systems engineering assessment of barriers and facilitators.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2017Article
- Detection of diverse genotypes of Methicillin-resistantAntimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2017Article
- Using 'appreciative inquiry' in India to improve infection control practices in maternity care: a qualitative study.Global health action · 2015Article
- Infrastructure and contamination of the physical environment in three Bangladeshi hospitals: putting infection control into context.PloS one · 2014Article
- Risk factors and complications of puerperal sepsis at a tertiary healthcare centre.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2013Article
- A review of health system infection control measures in developing countries: what can be learned to reduce maternal mortality.Globalization and health · 2011Article
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Abstract
In many hospitals serving the poorest communities of Africa and other parts of the developing world, infection control activities are limited by poor infrastructure, overcrowding, inadequate hygiene and water supply, poorly functioning laboratory services and a shortage of trained staff. Hospital transmission of communicable diseases, a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, lack of resources for isolation and disinfection, and widespread antimicrobial resistance create major risks for healthcare-related infections. Few data exist on the prevalence or impact of these infections in such environments. There is a need for interventions to reduce the burden of healthcare-related infections in the tropics and to set up effective surveillance programmes to determine their impact. Both the Global (G8) International Development Summit of 2005 and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have committed major resources to alleviating poverty and poor health in the developing world over the next decade. Targeting resources specifically to infection control in low-resource settings must be a part of this effort, if the wider aims of the MDGs to improve healthcare are to be achieved.
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