Nkrumah F K
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zimbabwe, Harare.
Ann Trop Paediatr. 1987 Sep;7(3):155-8. doi: 10.1080/02724936.1987.11748498.
Nutritional deficiency and infectious diseases constitute major paediatric priorities in most developing countries in Africa today. It is suggested that successful implementation of the various cost-effective intervention programmes which address themselves to these priorities will gradually unveil other paediatric problems presently considered of low priority. These will include the malignant diseases of childhood. The very high cost of cancer detection and treatment will demand carefully reasoned and planned approaches in most Third World countries. The implications of this in relation to childhood malignancies in Africa are discussed.
营养缺乏和传染病是当今非洲大多数发展中国家儿童健康的主要优先问题。有人认为，成功实施针对这些优先问题的各种具有成本效益的干预计划，将逐渐揭示目前被认为优先级较低的其他儿童问题。这些问题将包括儿童恶性疾病。在大多数第三世界国家，癌症检测和治疗的高昂成本需要经过深思熟虑和精心规划的方法。本文讨论了这对非洲儿童恶性肿瘤的影响。
