Add to ORKGMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been implementing medical assistance programs in Ethiopia since 1994, including the rehabilitation of health structures and the supply of drugs and medical equipment. In 1995, the serious shortage of surgeons in Ethiopia prompted MSF to add a programme to train general practitioners to perform surgery in the Woldya region. The results of the relevant feasibility study were encouraging. The programme's design is based on recent educational data and MSF's experience with introducing transcultural training in countries where unstable conditions prevail. The training programme is currently being studied by the Ethiopian Health Ministry for use as a model for training general practitioners in surgery throughout...
Background: Medical officers and specialists based in rural hospitals must have skills and knowledge...
Background: Somalia is one of the most political unstable countries in the world. Ongoing insecurity...
Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank the responding Schools of Anesthesia within Ethiopia for p...
BackgroundMedical workforce shortages represent a major challenge in low- and middle-income countrie...
A successful programme is reported from Mozambique for training middle-level health workers to perfo...
Background: There is a critical shortage of surgical providers in Tanzania, especially in rural Tanz...
Abstract Background Access to safe surgery has been recognized as an indispensable component of univ...
BACKGROUND: Shortages of specialist surgeons in African countries mean that the needs of rural popul...
Background: Providing basic surgical and emergency care in rural settings is essential, particularly...
Background: Serious shortage of gynecologists and surgeons for several decades leading to a three-ye...
Abstract Background: Providing basic surgical and emergency care in rura l settings is essential, pa...
Introduction: There is a global shortage of surgical infrastructure and staffing, particularly in lo...
Background: Five billion people lack timely, affordable, and safe surgical services. Sub-Saharan Afr...
Background: Orthopaedic training in Kenya, like in other East, Central and Southern Africa college o...
Global surgery is developing as new discipline in many countries. Global surgery primarily aims to i...
Background: Medical officers and specialists based in rural hospitals must have skills and knowledge...
Background: Somalia is one of the most political unstable countries in the world. Ongoing insecurity...
Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank the responding Schools of Anesthesia within Ethiopia for p...
BackgroundMedical workforce shortages represent a major challenge in low- and middle-income countrie...
A successful programme is reported from Mozambique for training middle-level health workers to perfo...
Background: There is a critical shortage of surgical providers in Tanzania, especially in rural Tanz...
Abstract Background Access to safe surgery has been recognized as an indispensable component of univ...
BACKGROUND: Shortages of specialist surgeons in African countries mean that the needs of rural popul...
Background: Providing basic surgical and emergency care in rural settings is essential, particularly...
Background: Serious shortage of gynecologists and surgeons for several decades leading to a three-ye...
Abstract Background: Providing basic surgical and emergency care in rura l settings is essential, pa...
Introduction: There is a global shortage of surgical infrastructure and staffing, particularly in lo...
Background: Five billion people lack timely, affordable, and safe surgical services. Sub-Saharan Afr...
Background: Orthopaedic training in Kenya, like in other East, Central and Southern Africa college o...
Global surgery is developing as new discipline in many countries. Global surgery primarily aims to i...
Background: Medical officers and specialists based in rural hospitals must have skills and knowledge...
Background: Somalia is one of the most political unstable countries in the world. Ongoing insecurity...
Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank the responding Schools of Anesthesia within Ethiopia for p...