The pathologist Jack NP Davies identified endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda in 1947. Since
that time, reports of this restrictive cardiomyopathy have come from other parts of tropical …

Background Asthma and allergy in developing countries may be associated with adoption of
an urbanised "western" lifestyle. We compared the rates of asthma symptoms and atopy in …

Culture profoundly affects what those who come to the UK as migrants believe about
disease and thus how they behave during illness. Their beliefs may be very different from the …

This is a review of recently published literature on surgery in tropical Africa. It presents the
current state of surgical need and surgical practice on the continent. We discuss the enormous …

… Eldryd Parry has unrivalled experience of medicine in Africa, having worked in Ghana,
Ethiopia and Nigeria, where he was both Professor and Dean of Medicine. He is now Visiting …

In 1991, the Somali National Movement fighters recaptured the Somaliland capital city of
Hargeisa after a 3-year civil war. The government troops of the dictator General Mohamed Siad …

Background Chronic Rheumatic Heart disease (RHD) continues to be a health problem in
many low and middle income countries and especially in sub-Saharan Africa. …

In their Seminar, Jonathan Carapetis and colleagues (July 9, p 155) 1 identify the need for
more and better data on acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), …

Chronic non-communicable diseases such as epilepsy, diabetes, cardiac disease and
hypertension represent a growing but neglected burden in developing countries. Rural sufferers, …

Allergic diseases are becoming increasingly prevalent in developing countries, consistent
with an environmental etiology associated with affluence or urbanization. We have tested the …