BACKGROUND: Quality anesthetic care is lacking in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs). Global health leaders call for perioperative capacity reports in limited-resource …

BACKGROUND: District-level hospitals (DLHs) are the main providers of surgical services
for rural populations in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Skilled teams are essential for surgical …

Background Surgery is increasingly recognized as an important driver for health systems
strengthening, especially in developing countries. To facilitate quality improvement …

Background Globally, an estimated 2 billion people lack access to surgical and anesthesia
care. We sought to pool results of anesthesia care capacity assessments in low-and middle …

BACKGROUND: The global lack of anesthesia capacity is well described, but country-
specific data are needed to provide country-specific solutions. We aimed to assess …

BACKGROUND: Anesthesia in West Africa is associated with high mortality rates. Critical
shortages of adequately trained personnel, unreliable electrical supply, and lack of basic …

Objective: A high mortality rate is associated with anesthesia in low and middle income
countries. The provision of basic and emergency surgical services in developing countries …

BACKGROUND: International standards for safe anesthetic care have been developed by
the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) and the World Health …

BACKGROUND: Many surgical interventions worldwide are performed in developing
countries. To improve survival of acutely and critically ill patients in these countries, basic …

Background Developing countries have surgical and anesthesia needs that are unique and
disparate compared to those of developed countries. However, the extent of these …