Responsible Governance for Mental Health Research in Low Resource Countries

Blurb: Taghi Yasamy and colleagues identify challenges facing good research governance in low- and middle-income countries and provide suggestions for a way forward

Responsible Governance for Mental Health Research in Low Resource Countries

Blurb: Taghi Yasamy and colleagues identify challenges facing good research governance in low- and middle-income countries and provide suggestions for a way forward

Maladie Inflammatoire Pelvienne Sur Grossesse: Illustration d\'un cas clinique à l\'Hôpital Universitaire de Brugmann, Belgique

L\'association maladie inflammatoire pelvienne (MIP) et grossesse est une entité rare. La salpingite aiguë survient le plus souvent au cours du premier trimestre de la grossesse. Elle se caractérise cliniquement par des douleurs abdominales et parfois par un abdomen aigu avec fièvre. La rareté de la maladie inflammatoire pelvienne au cours de la grossesse et l\'absence des signes pathognomoniques font souvent omettre ce diagnostic et la patiente est alors prise en charge pour abdomen aigu. Le diagnostic est donc le plus souvent évoqué au cours de la chirurgie. Etant donné que la chirurgie au cours de la grossesse augmente le risque d\'avortement et que le traitement de la salpingite aiguë est généralement médical, la chirurgie pourrait être évitée si un diagnostic de certitude est précoce et l\'antibiothérapie instituée rapidement. Nous reportons un cas de salpingite aiguë à huit semaines de grossesse chez une femme de 31 ans. Ainsi, les cliniciens devraient penser à une possibilité de maladie inflammatoire pelvienne chez une femme enceinte qui présente des douleurs abdominales.Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) during pregnancy is not commonly reported. Acute salpingitis with pregnancy occurs more frequently in the first trimester. Clinically, it is characterized by abdominal pains which can be acute and accompanied with fever. The rarity of pelvic inflammatory disease during pregnancy and the absence of pathognomonic signs can be misleading and the patient treated as having an acute surgical abdomen, the diagnosis being made only during laparotomy. Surgery may be avoided if early diagnosis is made and appropriate antibiotherapy rapidly instituted given the fact that surgery during pregnancy increases the risk of abortion and the fact that salpingitis is easily treated with antibiotics. We present a case of salpingitis in a 31 year old woman at eight weeks of pregnancy. This case indicates that, physicians should consider the possibility of pelvic inflammatory disease in pregnant women with abdominal pain. Keywords: Pelvic inflammatory disease - Pregnancy - Diagnosis. Clinics in Mother and Child Health Vol. 5 (2) 2008: pp. 945-94

L'expérience "Talents émergents en santé mondiale": une forme de renforcement intensif des capacités des jeunes chercheurs du Sud

Researchers from developing countries, French-speaking nations in particular, are underrepresented in the international biomedical and health literature. Various initiatives seek to address this problem. This article presents the experience of the Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH) program. This initiative provided 52 young researchers from developing countries with intensive skills and content training, with an assortment of complementary components: training in scientific writing and presenting skills, immersion in global health and health systems research, an innovative presentation of their work at the 52nd colloquium of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, and an active role in the first Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, supervised by a team of experienced researchers/coaches who supported them in the publication of a scientific essay. This approach targeting researchers in developing countries and combining the development of skills and knowledge through the publication process, merits reproduction and encouragement. Young researchers from developing countries should not miss out on the second version of this program in October 2012 in Beijing, China