The burden of surgical disease in low-income countries remains significant, in part owing to
continued surgical workforce shortages. We describe a successful paradigm to expand …

Hypothesis A surgical elective in a developing country setting is an essential new
component of academic residency training. Design A survey of residents and faculty within …

Global surgery initiatives increasingly are focused on strengthening education and local
health care systems to build surgical capacity. The goal of this education project was to …

BACKGROUND: The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery has identified workforce
development as an important component of National Surgical Plans to advance the …

Background: Beginning in 2012, the Government of Rwanda implemented the Human
Resources for Health (HRH) program to enhance capacity building in the Rwandan health …

BACKGROUND: The exodus of health professionals including surgeons from sub-Saharan
Africa has been well documented, but few effective, long-term solutions have been …

17 Improving Recruitment of surgical trainees and Training of Surgeons in Uganda M.
Galukande1, S. Luboga2, SC Kijjambu1 1Depa Page 1 East and Central African Journal of …

Apartheid policies have led to inequalities in the delivery of health care and the training of
surgeons in South Africa. The nation's population of 33 million is comprised of 73.6% Blacks …

To the Editor: The care of surgical conditions in resource-limited settings in much of Africa
and parts of Asia and the Americas (eg, Haiti) is presently characterized by inadequate …

Background The critical shortage of surgeons and access to surgical care in Africa is
increasingly being recognized as a global health crisis. Across Africa, there is only one …