The trauma pandemic disproportionately kills and maims citizens of low-income countries although the immediate cause of the
trauma is often an industrial export of a high income country, such as a motor vehicle. Addressing the trauma pandemic in
low-income countries requires access to relevant research information regarding prevention and treatment of injuries. Such
information is also generally produced in high income countries. We explored various means of making scientific information
available to low-income country surgeons using the internet. If orthopaedic surgeons want to maximize their global impact,
they should focus on writing about trauma questions relevant to their colleagues in low-income countries and ensuring these
same colleagues have access to the literature.
Each author certifies that he or she has no commercial associations (eg, consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest,
patent/licensing arrangements, etc) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article. Dr. Howard
runs the Ptolemy project described herein.