Background: Surgical care is increasingly recognised as an important component of global health delivery. However, there are still major gaps in knowledge related to access to surgical care in low-income countries. In this study, we compare distances travelled by surgical patients with patients seeking o...
Objetivo: No sentido de avaliar e implementar um programa de qualidade nos cuidados especializados prestados aos doentes oncológicos, que necessitam de intervenções cirúrgicas no Departamento Cirúrgico do Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM), o maior hospital de Moçambique, conduzimos a presente invest...
cancer is a growing concern in Mozambique. However, the country has limited facilities and few oncologists. Surgical oncologists are
an unmet need. The aim of this study was to assess residents' knowledge in prevalent cancer domains and to identify and characterize prevalent
cancers treated by surgery at...
There has been increasing recognition of the disparities in surgical care throughout the world. Increasingly, efforts are being made to improve local infrastructure and training of surgeons in low-income settings. The purpose of this study was to review the first 5-years of a global aca-demic pediatric g...
The World Bank and Lancet Commission in 2015 have prioritized surgery in
Low-Income Countries (LIC) and Lower-Middle Income Countries (LMICs). This is consistent with
the shift in the global burden of disease from communicable to noncommunicable diseases
over the past 20 years. Essential surgery must be ...
Task-shifting of major surgery to midlevel providers of health care in Mozambique and Tanzania - a solution to the crisis in human resources to enhance maternal and neonatal survival Background: Task-shifting, using non-physician clinicians (NPCs) to perform major surgery in obstetric emergencies 1s comm...
