Background There are limited data regarding the available pediatric surgical workforce in
South Africa and their employment prospects on completion of their specialist training …

BACKGROUND: The practice of pediatric surgery in Africa presents multiple challenges.
This report presents an overview of problems encountered in the training of pediatric …

Most of the world is in a surgical workforce crisis. While a lack of human resources is only
one component of the myriad issues affecting surgical care in resource-poor regions, it is …

Introduction The number of pediatric surgeons and their distribution vary greatly throughout
the world. The purpose of this study is to examine potential influential factors including the …

Background The development of pediatric surgical care in Africa has suffered from the
neglect of health policy makers, yet surgery remains an essential component of basic …

Background: This study described the current conditions of work of paediatric surgeons in
Francophone sub-Saharan Africa (FSSA) and set the debate at the level of the humanist …

Background As the pediatric population requiring health services rises globally, developing
countries are struggling to cater to the growing burden of non-communicable diseases …

Dear Sir, It was interesting to read the timely article by Bickler et al.[1] on pediatric surgery in
sub-Saharan Africa. Their effort in trying to bring to the fore the problems of pediatric surgery …

Background While some data exist for the burden of pediatric surgical disease in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs), little is known about pediatric surgical capacity. In an effort …

Objective This study investigated the surgical services for children at the highest levels of the
public healthcare sector in Uganda. The aim was to determine volumes and types of …