title: Emergency medicine in Madagascar.
abstract: The Democratic Republic of Madagascar lies off the southeastern coast of Africa and ranks as the fourth largest island in the world. Average per capita yearly income is about $400 (US). In 1990 life expectancies at birth were 52 years for men and 55 years for women. Graduate medical education in Madagascar is modeled after the French system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, NJ, USA. vstdcoord@aol.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramalanjaona
mesh_terms: D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008270:Madagascar; D008297:Male