"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.
Countries in the process of change directed toward 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.
Concept/Terms
Developing Countries- Developing Countries
- Countries, Developing
- Country, Developing
- Developing Country
- Under-Developed Countries
- Countries, Under-Developed
- Country, Under-Developed
- Under Developed Countries
- Under-Developed Country
- Third-World Nations
- Nation, Third-World
- Nations, Third-World
- Third World Nations
- Third-World Nation
- Less-Developed Nations
- Less Developed Nations
- Less-Developed Nation
- Nation, Less-Developed
- Nations, Less-Developed
- Developing Nations
- Developing Nation
- Nation, Developing
- Nations, Developing
- Under-Developed Nations
- Nation, Under-Developed
- Nations, Under-Developed
- Under Developed Nations
- Under-Developed Nation
- Less-Developed Countries
- Countries, Less-Developed
- Country, Less-Developed
- Less Developed Countries
- Less-Developed Country
- Third-World Countries
- Countries, Third-World
- Country, Third-World
- Third World Countries
- Third-World Country
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Developing Countries".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Developing Countries".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Developing Countries" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Developing Countries" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 1994 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1995 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 1998 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 1999 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2000 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2001 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2002 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| 2003 | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 2005 | 18 | 17 | 35 |
| 2006 | 16 | 19 | 35 |
| 2007 | 27 | 18 | 45 |
| 2008 | 29 | 25 | 54 |
| 2009 | 26 | 31 | 57 |
| 2010 | 33 | 43 | 76 |
| 2011 | 37 | 51 | 88 |
| 2012 | 35 | 58 | 93 |
| 2013 | 57 | 49 | 106 |
| 2014 | 54 | 56 | 110 |
| 2015 | 51 | 82 | 133 |
| 2016 | 66 | 61 | 127 |
| 2017 | 48 | 72 | 120 |
| 2018 | 50 | 78 | 128 |
| 2019 | 37 | 64 | 101 |
| 2020 | 51 | 69 | 120 |
| 2021 | 54 | 59 | 113 |
| 2022 | 33 | 37 | 70 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Developing Countries" by people in Profiles.
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Cost-effectiveness of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. J Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 28; 226(11):1887-1896.
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Effects of COVID-19 on paediatric cardiac centres in low-income and middle-income countries: a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. 2022 11 23; 12(11):e065031.
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Economic evaluation of implementation science outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Implement Sci. 2022 Nov 16; 17(1):76.
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A systematic review of acute and emergency care interventions for adolescents and adults with severe acute respiratory infections including COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries. J Glob Health. 2022 Nov 08; 12:05039.
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A global study of the association of cesarean rate and the role of socioeconomic status in neonatal mortality rate in the current century. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Nov 06; 22(1):821.
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Routine sterile glove and instrument change at the time of abdominal wound closure to prevent surgical site infection (ChEETAh): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial in seven low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet. 2022 11 19; 400(10365):1767-1776.
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Estimating deaths averted and cost per life saved by scaling up mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in low-income and lower-middle-income countries in the COVID-19 Omicron variant era: a modelling study. BMJ Open. 2022 09 13; 12(9):e061752.
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Pesticide exposure and child growth in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Environ Res. 2022 12; 215(Pt 1):114230.
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The socioeconomic gradient of alcohol use: an analysis of nationally representative survey data from 55 low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 09; 10(9):e1268-e1280.
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Rural-Urban Differences in Diabetes Care and Control in 42 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-sectional Study of Nationally Representative Individual-Level Data. Diabetes Care. 2022 09 01; 45(9):1961-1970.