Background Referral networks are critical in the timely delivery of surgical care, particularly
for populations residing in rural areas who have limited access to specialist services …

Background Adequate surgical training is paramount to produce competent surgeons to
address the global burden of surgical disease. The Pan-African Academy of Christian …

Background Appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency worldwide.
Differences between high-and low-income settings in the availability of laparoscopic …

Abstract Background Globally, an estimated 275,000 maternal deaths, 2.7 million neonatal
deaths, and 2.6 million third trimester stillbirths occurred in 2015. Major improvements could …

Background Access to safe surgery is critical to health, welfare, and economic development.
In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery recommended that all countries collect …

Background Five billion people lack access to safe, affordable, and timely surgical and
anesthesia care. Significant challenges remain in the provision of surgical care in low …

Rural surgeons should be at the helm of global surgery efforts, yet we rarely hear from these
pioneers. While high-income country (HIC) surgeons leverage their institutional power to …

Background In 2017 the SURG-Africa project set out to institute a surgical, obstetric, trauma
and anesthesia (SOTA) care capacity-building intervention focused on non-specialist …

Objectives To develop consensus statements regarding the regional-level or district-level
distribution of surgical services in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and …

Background Operative experience is a necessary part of surgical training. The College of
Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA), which oversees general …