Abstract Purpose of Review Anesthesia workforce gaps in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs) can hinder safe surgical care. Several countries have fewer than one …

Maternal mortality rates are unacceptably high globally. Low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs) face challenges of an inadequate anaesthesia workforce, under-resourced …

Introduction Simulation training has evolved as an important component of postgraduate
surgical education and has shown to be effective in teaching procedural skills. Despite …

Background Short educational programmes are important in building global anaesthesia
workforce capacity. The Vital Anaesthesia Simulation Training (VAST) course is a 3-day …

There is an urgent need to improve access to safe surgical and anaesthetic care for children
living in many low‐and middle‐income countries. Providing quality training for healthcare …

The United Nations' 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) target a wide range of
human conditions worldwide, including poverty, equity, development, gender, health, and …

Anaesthesia has been shown to contribute disproportionately to maternal mortality in low‐
resource settings. This figure exceeds 500 per 100,000 live births in Tanzania, where …

BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) is higher
than in high-income countries (HICs), and poor anesthesia care is a contributing factor …

Introduction: regional anesthesia is a safe alternative to general anesthesia. Despite
benefits for perioperative morbidity and mortality, this technique is underutilized in low …

There is an urgent need to train more anesthesia providers in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs). There is also a need to provide more educational opportunities in …