Background An epidemiological transition is interesting Sub-Saharan Africa increasing the
burden of non-communicable diseases most of which are of surgical interest. Local …

There is a need for relevant, valid, and practical metrics to better quantify both need and
progress in global pediatric surgery and for monitoring systems performance. There are …

Background Community services and supports are essential for children transitioning home
to recover from the hospital after surgery. This study assessed the availability and …

Background Safe anaesthesia and surgery are a public health imperative. There are few
data describing outcomes for children undergoing anaesthesia and surgery in Africa. We …

Recently, the role of surgery in global health has gained greater attention, although pediatric
surgery has received little specific emphasis. This paper highlights pediatric surgical …

Background: One of the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals is to improve child
health. We describe the burden of pediatric surgical disease at a tertiary hospital in Malawi …

The body of literature addressing surgical and anesthesia care for children in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs) is small. This lack of research hinders full understanding of …

Purpose 1.7 billion children lack access to surgical care, particularly in low-and middle-
income countries (LMIC). The pediatric surgical workforce density (PSWD), an indicator of …

Remarkable gains have been made in global health over the past 25 years, including
reduction in child mortality in many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs)[1]. However …

Introduction Paediatric surgery is a centralised service that is provided at only three public
sector hospitals in Johannesburg, South Africa. These centres receive an overwhelming …