Traumatic head injury in a low resource country: Profile and predictors of mortality in a tertiary care center in South-Eastern Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of the Armenian Global Health program is to create collaborations between health organizations to allow better access to medicine for Armenians. The program had the opportunity to host the first Armenian Global Health Conference at Yerevan State Medical School. Prior to this conference, the program conducted meetings with Armenian dignitaries to determine which medical concerns are the top priority to Armenians. Armenians chose to focus on how to prevent and treat chronic diseases. Design and Methodology:The World Health Organization estimated that 55.5% of Armenian adults were overweight and 24% were obese in 2008 (1). Obesity is the largest contributor to preventable chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. The Global Health Armenia program at the University of Utah collaborated with the Ministry of Health of Armenia and Yerevan State Medical University to reach over 517 men and women between the ages of 18 and 89. Outreach events were open to the public and held at medical centers in Gyumri, Dilijan, Ararat, Yerevan, and Sevan during the summer of 2015.