Background A key strategy to building surgical capacity in low income countries involves
training care providers, particularly in the interventions highlighted by the Lancet …

Introduction More than five million deaths occur each year from injury with the vast majority
occurring in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Africa bears the highest road traffic …

Introduction Low/middle-income countries (LMICs) have a growing need for trauma and
orthopaedic (T&O) surgical interventions but lack surgical resources. Part of this is due to the …

Background: In low and middle-income countries (LMICs), individuals suffer from a
disproportionately higher number of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries compared with those …

Background Open fractures are common injuries in Malawi that pose a large burden on the
healthcare system and result in long-term disability. Aim Establishing a multiprofessional …

Background: Open fractures, a common consequence of road traffic collisions, are
associated with a high risk of complications. The introduction of standard guidelines has …

The need for both elective and emergency orthopaedic services in developing countries is
great. Most of the degenerative musculoskeletal diseases seen in the West are prevalent, as …

Background Unintentional injuries have emerged as a significant public health issue in low-
and middle-income countries (LMIC), especially in Vietnam, where there is a poor quality of …

Background Attempts to address the huge, and unmet, need for surgical services in Africa by
training surgical specialists in well established training programmes in high-income …

It is estimated that 5 billion people worldwide, including over 80% of the people in Africa, do
not have access to safe surgery and anesthesia care. 1 It is further estimated that 30% of the …