Disparities in Access to Trauma Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Sub-Saharan Africa is a diverse context with a large burden of injury and trauma-related deaths. Relative to high-income contexts, most of the region is less mature in prehospital and facility-based trauma care, education and training, and trauma care quality assurance. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes rising inequalities, both within and between countries as a deterrent to growth and development. While disparities in access to trauma care between the region and HICs are more commonly described, internal disparities are equally concerning. We performed a narrative review of internal disparities in trauma care access using a previously described conceptual model.

Recent findings

A broad PubMed and EMBASE search from 2010 to 2021 restric

SUBMITTER: Alayande B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9168359 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature