dc.contributor.author | O’Donovan, James | |
dc.contributor.author | Nakku, Doreen | |
dc.contributor.author | Santana, Diego | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-09T17:36:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-09T17:36:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | James O’Donovan, Doreen Nakku & Diego Santana (2021) Bringing ear care and hearing services to the hardest to reach: the potential of primary healthcare workers | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1880 | |
dc.description.abstract | Bringing ear and hearing care services closer to the community remains a key component of reducing the burden of ear and hearing conditions across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Yet, despite the majority of disabling hearing loss occurring in LMICs, there remains a shortage of trained health professionals to recognise, treat and prevent hearing loss [1]. In a 2013 report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), it was revealed that 64% of participating countries from the African region had fewer than one ENT surgical specialist available per million people [2]. In contrast, all 12 high-income countries included in the survey had more than one ENT specialist available per million people. Similarly, 88% of high-income countries reported availability of more than one audiologist per million populations, compared with only 5% in low-income countries | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Ear care | en_US |
dc.subject | Primary healthcare workers | en_US |
dc.title | Bringing ear care and hearing services to the hardest to reach: the potential of primary healthcare workers | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |