Addressing Global Disparities in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care

Posted On 2023-04-25 09:33:50

The current special series on “Addressing Global Disparities in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care” provides a detailed overview of cardiovascular care for children living with cardiovascular diseases worldwide, with a particular emphasis on variable-resource contexts, where the disparities are greatest.

Editorial: Pediatric Medicine
Addressing Global Disparities in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: introduction to the special series
Dominique Vervoort, Marcelo Cardarelli

Review Article: Pediatric Surgery
Narrative review in pediatric and congenital heart surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities in a new era
Valdano Manuel, Leonardo A. Miana, Frank Edwin

Review Article: Health Policy & Services
Pediatric cardiac NGOs: collaboration and coordination
Bistra Zheleva

Review Article: Health Policy & Services
“Regale una Vida” a successful social program for underprivileged children with congenital heart disease in a middle-income country
Néstor Sandoval, Tomas Chalela, Ivonne Pineda, Martha Reyes, Miguel Ronderos, Alberto García

Review Article: Health Policy & Services
Fostering a sustainable pediatric cardiac workforce in the developing world during the current COVID-19 pandemic
John S. K. Murala, Stephany Kim, Tom R. Karl, A. Thomas Pezzella

Review Article: Cardiac Surgery
The road to regionalization in congenital heart surgery: a narrative review
Hiba Z. Ghandour, Karl Welke, Tara Karamlou

Review Article: Health Policy & Services
Generating political support for cardiac surgical care in resource-limited contexts: experience from Nepal
Bhagawan Koirala

Review Article: Medical Ethics
Ethics of resource allocation to congenital heart surgery in variable-resource contexts
Kathleen N. Fenton

Disclosure:
The series “Addressing Global Disparities in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care” was commissioned by the editorial office, AME Surgical Journal without any sponsorship or funding. Dominique Vervoort and Marcelo Cardarelli served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.