Developing Strategies for Sustainable Medical Equipment Maintenance in Under-Resourced Settings

• Main Authors: Christina M. Webber (Author), Gabriel Martínez-Gálvez (Author), Manuela Lopera Higuita (Author), Ephraim I. Ben-Abraham (Author), Brent M. Berry (Author), Maria A. Gonzalez Porras (Author), Sara Aristizabal (Author), Anders Asp (Author), J. Luis Lujan (Author), John W. Willson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Engineering technology plays a pivotal role in the delivery of health care in under-resourced countries by providing an infrastructure to improve patient outcomes. However, sustainability of these technologies is difficult in these settings oftentimes due to limited resources or training. The framew...