RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Setting up and running a paediatric emergency department in a hospital in Malawi: 15 years on
JF BMJ Paediatrics Open
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e000014
DO 10.1136/bmjpo-2017-000014
VO 1
IS 1
A1 Elizabeth M Molyneux
A1 Josephine Langton
A1 Jenala Njiram’madzi
A1 Ann M Robertson
YR 2017
UL http://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/1/1/e000014.abstract
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.