<p>Kathryn Chu and colleagues discuss the impact of high-income country investigators
conducting research in low- and middle-income countries and explore lessons from the …

Introduction Injury accounts for 9.6% of the global mortality burden, disproportionately affecting
those living in low- and middle-income countries. In an effort to improve trauma care in …

Background Little is known about perioperative mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The
perioperative mortality rate (POMR) and associated factors at a major referral hospital in Rwanda …

Simulation replicates clinical experiences without patient risk; it remains uncommon in lower-income
countries. We outline the creation of Rwanda's first centre for simulation and skills …

Introduction Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality
in low-income and middle-income countries, where rates of SSIs can reach 30%. Due to …

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

Background Over 90 % of injury deaths occur in low-income countries. Evaluating the
impact of focused trauma courses in these settings is challenging. We hypothesized that …

Objective A substantial proportion of adverse intraoperative events are attributed to failures
in nontechnical skills. To strengthen these skills and improve surgical safety, the Non-…

Objectives: Safe surgery should be available to all patients, no matter the setting. The
purpose of this study was to explore the contextual-specific challenges to safe surgical care …

Importance In low- and middle-income countries, community-level surgical epidemiology is
largely undefined. Accurate community-level surgical epidemiology is necessary for surgical …