Developing Countries

"Developing Countries" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Countries in the process of change with economic growth, that is, an increase in production, per capita consumption, and income. The process of economic growth involves better utilization of natural and human resources, which results in a change in the social, political, and economic structures.

Descriptor ID	D003906
MeSH Number(s)	I01.615.500.300
Concept/Terms	Developing Countries Developing Countries Countries, Developing Country, Developing Developing Country Least Developed Countries Countries, Least Developed Country, Least Developed Developed Countries, Least Developed Country, Least Least Developed Country Less-Developed Countries Countries, Less-Developed Country, Less-Developed Less Developed Countries Less-Developed Country Under-Developed Nations Nation, Under-Developed Nations, Under-Developed Under Developed Nations Under-Developed Nation Third-World Countries Countries, Third-World Country, Third-World Third World Countries Third-World Country Third-World Nations Nation, Third-World Nations, Third-World Third World Nations Third-World Nation Under-Developed Countries Countries, Under-Developed Country, Under-Developed Under Developed Countries Under-Developed Country Developing Nations Developing Nation Nations, Developing Less-Developed Nations Less Developed Nations Less-Developed Nation Nation, Less-Developed Nations, Less-Developed

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Internationality [I01.615]
International Cooperation [I01.615.500]
Developing Countries [I01.615.500.300]

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Bar chart showing 70 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1998	1	0	1
2001	0	1	1
2003	0	5	5
2005	1	1	2
2006	2	2	4
2007	1	3	4
2008	2	3	5
2010	0	1	1
2011	3	1	4
2012	2	1	3
2013	4	1	5
2014	2	3	5
2015	3	3	6
2016	1	4	5
2017	2	2	4
2019	0	2	2
2020	3	2	5
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1
2023	1	0	1
2024	1	2	3
2025	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Developing Countries" by people in Profiles.

Edmond MC, Fang AP, Poola N, Normil M, Payant SJM, Luc PR, Rimpel L, Checkett K, Strokes N, Calixte M, Marsh RH, Rouhani SA. Epidemiology and outcomes of patients with cardiac arrest in the emergency department of a lower middle-income country. Emerg Med J. 2025 Feb 21; 42(3):171-178.

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Anandakumar J, Ja Mai H, Bv Riblet N, Waseem H. Telehealth interventions for stroke management and rehabilitation in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. J Clin Neurosci. 2024 Dec; 130:110906.

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Rando H, Musoni M, Greenwood BC, Ingabire L, Van Hook S, Bolman CP, Bolman RM, Lin Y. The path to sustainable cardiac surgery in Rwanda: analysis of costs for consumables used during cardiac surgery for a non-governmental organization. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Oct 01; 19(1):574.

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Wilson CA, Bublitz M, Chandra P, Hanley S, Honikman S, Kittel-Schneider S, R?ckl SCZ, Leahy-Warren P, Byatt N. A global perspective: Access to mental health care for perinatal populations. Semin Perinatol. 2024 Oct; 48(6):151942.

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Koueik J, Meisner L, Rocque BG, Moser R, Dempsey RJ. Nongovernmental Organizations in Global Neurosurgery: Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery and Solidarity Bridge. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2024 Oct; 35(4):475-480.

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Gyamfi J, Iwelunmor J, Patel S, Irazola V, Aifah A, Rakhra A, Butler M, Vedanthan R, Hoang GN, Nyambura M, Nguyen H, Nguyen C, Asante KP, Nyame S, Adjei K, Amoah J, Apusiga K, Adjei KGA, Ramierz-Zea M, Hernandez D, Fort M, Sharma H, Jarhyan P, Peprah E, Ogedegbe G. Implementation outcomes and strategies for delivering evidence-based hypertension interventions in lower-middle-income countries: Evidence from a multi-country consortium for hypertension control. PLoS One. 2023; 18(5):e0286204.

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Wood JJ, Gu G, Guber RD, Rothkopf DM. Impending Backlog of Cleft Palate Patients Due to COVID-19. Ann Glob Health. 2022; 88(1):9.

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Odukoya O, Fox RS, Hayman LL, Penedo FJ. The International Society for Behavioral Medicine (ISBM) and the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) advocate for the inclusion of behavioral scientists in the implementation of the Global Action Plan for the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries. Transl Behav Med. 2021 06 17; 11(6):1286-1288.

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Critchley HOD, Babayev E, Bulun SE, Clark S, Garcia-Grau I, Gregersen PK, Kilcoyne A, Kim JJ, Lavender M, Marsh EE, Matteson KA, Maybin JA, Metz CN, Moreno I, Silk K, Sommer M, Simon C, Tariyal R, Taylor HS, Wagner GP, Griffith LG. Menstruation: science and society. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 11; 223(5):624-664.

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Rice B, Leanza J, Mowafi H, Thadeus Kamara N, Mugema Mulogo E, Bisanzo M, Nikam K, Kizza H, Newberry JA, Strehlow M, Kohn M. Defining High-risk Emergency Chief Complaints: Data-driven Triage for Low- and Middle-income Countries. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 12; 27(12):1291-1301.

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