Challenges, opportunities and strategies of global health radiology in low and middle-income countries (LMICs): an excerpt review
Samuel Laushugno Shem, Anthony Chukwuemaka Ugwu, Ahmed Umdagas Hamidu, Nkubli Bobulin Flavious, Mohammed Zaria Ibrahim, Joseph Dlama Zira
Abstract
More than half of the world's population lack adequate radiology services according to the world health organization. However, radiology plays an important role in public health programs such as tuberculosis, trauma, breast cancer screening, and maternal-infant health. The purpose of our study is to identify challenges, opportunities, and strategies of global health radiology in low-and middle -income countries. The primary challenges confronting radiology in global health are inequality in access to services, injudicious use of existing resources, paucity of appropriate data to inform future strategic planning as well as the establishment and sustainability of radiology. Disparity in access provides increasing opportunity for building radiology infrastructure in region where it is absent or inadequate.