PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elizabeth M Molyneux
AU  - Josephine Langton
AU  - Jenala Njiram’madzi
AU  - Ann M Robertson
TI  - Setting up and running a paediatric emergency department in a hospital in Malawi: 15 years on
AID  - 10.1136/bmjpo-2017-000014
DP  - 2017 Jun 01
TA  - BMJ Paediatrics Open
PG  - e000014
VI  - 1
IP  - 1
4099  - http://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/1/1/e000014.short
4100  - http://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/1/1/e000014.full
AB  - Paediatric emergency care is not recognised as a specialty in many countries in Africa but is being practised increasingly. Setting up a paediatric emergency care unit takes time and often involves trial and error. Here we describe the start of the paediatric emergency department in Blantyre, Malawi, a low-income country and how it has continued to evolve over 15 years, in the hope that our experience will inform and assist others who are already developing their own emergency unit or wishing to do so.