Rural Zimbabwe’s Health Workers Embrace Digital Records—but Broken Networks Keep Them on Paper
A qualitative study at St Anne's Mission Hospital in rural Zimbabwe finds that health workers value the Impilo electronic health ...
Tag: low-resource settings
Community Rehabilitation Lifts Quality of Life for People With Psychosis in Malawi
A mixed-methods pilot trial in Blantyre, Malawi found that community-based rehabilitation improved quality of life, functioning, and caregiver wellbeing for ...
Low-Cost RESIST Program Tackles Physician Burnout in Kenya’s Teaching Hospitals
A structured, low-cost framework called RESIST implemented at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi shows that residency programs in low-resource ...
New Global Guidelines Tackle Bone Infections Where Surgeons Lack Everything
An international expert group has published the first consensus guidelines for managing fracture-related infections in African low-resource settings, adapting diagnosis, ...
Lime-Treated Burial of Fecal Sludge Shows Promise for Safer Rural Sanitation
A field study in rural Cambodia found that limed on-site burial of household fecal sludge did not increase E. coli ...
Virtual Reality and Gamification Could Open STEM Classrooms to Speech-Impaired Learners, but the Evidence Barely Mentions Them
A scoping review of 40 studies finds that virtual reality and gamification show strong promise for inclusive STEM education in ...
Nurses without psychiatry training can treat depression in TB patients, Nigerian trial finds
A Nigerian trial found that non-specialist health workers delivering integrated tuberculosis and depression care reduced depressive symptoms as effectively as ...
When Eye Drops Cost Too Much: One in Ten Glaucoma Patients in Nepal Skips Medication to Save Money
A hospital-based study in Nepal's Sudurpaschim Province finds that about one in ten glaucoma patients engages in cost-saving behaviors that ...
Goat Chest Model Trains Thousands of Doctors to Insert Chest Tubes Safely
A nineteen-year Pakistani training program used a low-cost cadaveric goat chest model to teach tube thoracostomy to more than 4,000 ...
Slime, Egg Cartons and a 53-Cent Trainer That Could Save Lives
Researchers validated a 53-cent cricothyroidotomy simulator built from slime, an egg carton and a water bottle, showing it can reliably ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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