Abstract
New information released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the National Resident Matching Program shows continued declines in interest in pediatric infectious diseases as a career, highlighting that we risk losing a generation of trained experts in pediatric infectious and tropical diseases. The loss paradoxically coincides with updated estimates revealing the disproportionate global health impact of tropical infectious diseases on children. Our objective is to highlight several ominous trends, including our findings that (1) the pediatric tropical disease burdens are huge and do not appear to be declining and (2) fewer trainees are entering the field. Included here are are some key suggestions to address these concerns.
Highlights
New information released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the National Resident Matching Program shows continued declines in interest in pediatric infectious diseases as a career, highlighting that we risk losing a generation of trained experts in pediatric infectious and tropical diseases
For children and adolescents, the major tropical infections are mostly the same, for this age group, schistosomiasis is an important neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). What does this information mean for the bigger global health picture? First, it is a critical reminder of the disproportionate impact of NTDs on children and adolescents
An African Paediatric Fellowship Programme has been shaped at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, in which trainees spend between 6 months and 2 years in pediatric training before they return to their home institutions [18], and the Pediatric AIDS Corps through the Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) has trained more than 150 physicians with in-depth expertise in the management of pediatric HIV/AIDS and tropical infections since 2005, primarily for Africa [20, 21]
Summary
New information released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the National Resident Matching Program shows continued declines in interest in pediatric infectious diseases as a career, highlighting that we risk losing a generation of trained experts in pediatric infectious and tropical diseases. The loss paradoxically coincides with updated estimates revealing the disproportionate global health impact of tropical infectious diseases on children. Our objective is to highlight several ominous trends, including our findings that (1) the pediatric tropical disease burdens are huge and do not appear to be declining and (2) fewer trainees are entering the field. Included here are are some key suggestions to address these concerns
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