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 75 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2008 and 2015 and 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
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	4	6
2010	0	1	1
2011	3	1	4
2012	2	1	3
2013	2	1	3
2014	1	3	4
2015	4	2	6
2016	1	4	5
2017	2	2	4
2018	0	1	1
2019	0	2	2
2020	1	2	3
2021	1	2	3
2022	1	1	2
2023	1	0	1
2024	3	3	6
2025	2	2	4

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Valluri H, Mohanty M, Mongil CR, Fuentes G, Sultan T, Torres AR. Investigating the burden of cerebral palsy in low- and middle-income countries: Implications and priorities for pediatric neurology. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2025 10; 55:101225.

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Koueik J, Lu VM, Sandoval-Garcia C, Fuentes-Rocabado N, Guerrero-Ocampo M, Doucette L, Brockmann ME, Barroso HJ, Rocabado MA, Moser R, Dempsey RJ, Iskandar BJ. The First National Pediatric Hydrocephalus and Endoscopy Workshop in Bolivia: A Cooperative Journey From Conception to Completion in a Lower-Middle Income Country Setting. Oper Neurosurg. 2026 Jun 01; 30(6):971-976.

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Vecchio A, Nandawula B, Sawyer K, Amisi JA, Szkwarko D, Chang KZ. Authorship Inequity in Global Health Research Conducted in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Published in High-Income Country Family Medicine Journals. Ann Fam Med. 2025 05 27; 23(3):223-230.

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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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Armstrong E, Rogers K, Li CS, Jagnoor J, Moroz P, Oguzie GC, Hailu S, Miclau T, de la Huerta F, Martinez-Ruiz JJ, Bidolegui F, Zhou J, Ma X, Wu B, Sancheti P, Quang N, Baigi V, Haddadi M, Tian M, Sprague S, Devereaux PJ, Bhandari M, Ivers R. Time from injury to hip-fracture surgery in low-income and middle-income regions: a secondary analysis of data from the International Orthopaedic Multicentre Study in Fracture Care (INORMUS). Lancet Healthy Longev. 2024 08; 5(8):e552-e562.

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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 10; 48(6):151942.

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Harlow EM, Adair JE. Make gene therapies more available by manufacturing them in lower-income nations. Nature. 2024 07; 631(8021):502-504.

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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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