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The status of pediatric surgery in Malawi: a narrative mini-review

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
IntroductionPediatric surgery is essential to a well-functioning health system. Unmet surgical needs contribute to 6.7% of pediatric deaths in Malawi. Understanding the current state of pediatric surgical care in Malawi is necessary to recognize gaps and
Celina Flocks Monaghan, Chiara Pittalis, Elaine Byrne, Israa Hussein, Tiyamike Chilunjika, Bip Nandi, Bip Nandi, Eric Borgstein, Jakub Gajewski, Jakub Gajewski   +9 more
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Feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of Telephone Administration of an adapted wound heaLing QuestiONnaire for assessment for surgical site infection following abdominal surgery in low and middle-income countries (TALON): protocol for a study within a trial (SWAT)

Trials, 2021
Background Surgical site infection is the most common complication of abdominal surgery, with a global impact on patients and health systems. There are no tools to identify wound infection that are validated for use in the global setting. The overall aim
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery
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Strategies to minimise and monitor biases and imbalances by arm in surgical cluster randomised trials: evidence from ChEETAh, a trial in seven low- and middle-income countries

Trials, 2023
Background Cluster randomised controlled trials (cRCT) present challenges regarding risks of bias and chance imbalances by arm. This paper reports strategies to minimise and monitor biases and imbalances in the ChEETAh cRCT.
NIHR Global Research Health Unit on Global Surgery, The Hospital Principle Investigator   +1 more
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Developing a Pipeline of African Global Surgery Scholars

South African Medical Journal, 2023
Global surgery is developing as new discipline in many countries. Global surgery primarily aims to improve access to quality surgery in low-and-middle Income countries (LMICs).
P Francis, K Chu, M Isiagi, G Fieggen, C Gordon, S Maswime   +5 more
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Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries. [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also ...
NIHR Global Health Unit on Global, Surgery
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Haitian State Hospital Orthopedic Grand Rounds Series: A Virtual Curriculum to Address Global Surgery Needs

Annals of Global Health, 2023
Background: Orthopedic Relief Services International (ORSI), in partnership with the Foundation for Orthopedic Trauma and the department of Orthopedic Surgery of La Paix University Hospital in Haiti, has developed a year-round Orthopedic Grand Round ...
Lindsay Hock, Melissa Zahl, Pierre-Marie Woolley, Christina Barau Dejean, Christian A. Pean, Ronald Israelski   +5 more
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Biomarker-guided implementation of the KDIGO guidelines to reduce the occurrence of acute kidney injury in patients after cardiac surgery (PrevAKI-multicentre): protocol for a multicentre, observational study followed by randomised controlled feasibility trial [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication after cardiac surgery with adverse short-term and long-term outcomes. Although prevention of AKI (PrevAKI) is strongly recommended, the optimal strategy is uncertain.
Arndt, Christian, Campos, Sara, Cegarra Sanmartin, Virginia, Di Prima, Ambra, Forni, Lui, García Álvarez, Mercedes, Gerss, Joachim, Grau Novellas, Neus, Grieshaber, Philippe, Haffner, Michael, Honore, Patrick M, Hoste, Eric A J, Irqsusi, Marc, Italiano, Stefano, Kellum, John, Kunst, Gudrun, Küllmar, Mira, L'acqua, Camilla, Massoth, Christina, Meersch, Melanie, Monaco, Fabrizio, Nair, Shrijit, Ostermann, Marlies, Thomson, Gary, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vandenberghe, Wim, Weiss, Raphael, Wempe, Carola, Wulf, Hinnerk, Zarbock, Alexander   +29 more
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Decentralization and Regionalization of Surgical Care: A Review of Evidence for the Optimal Distribution of Surgical Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2019
Background While recommendations for the optimal distribution of surgical services in high-income countries (HICs) exist, it is unclear how these translate to resource-limited settings.
Katherine R. Iverson, Emma Svensson, Kristin Sonderman, Ernest J. Barthélemy, Isabelle Citron, Kerry A. Vaughan, Brittany L. Powell, John G. Meara, Mark G. Shrime   +8 more
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Evidence-Driven Policies for Sustainably Scaling Up Surgical Task-Sharing in Malawi; Comment on “Improving Access to Surgery Through Surgical Team Mentoring – Policy Lessons From Group Model Building With Local Stakeholders in Malawi” [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
This commentary discusses an article by Broekhuizen et al which assesses policy options for scaling up the SURG-Africa surgical team mentoring program in Malawi to increase access to surgical care. In modeling these scenarios, the authors assess the cost
Desmond T. Jumbam, Ulrick Kanmounye, Isabelle Citron, Patrick Kamalo   +3 more
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Establishing Surgical Care Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa for Global Child Health: Insights From Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Capacity-Building Programs in Ethiopia and Côte d'Ivoire

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
The global surgery research team of the JW LEE Center for Global Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, introduced team-based health workforce training programs for pediatric cardiac surgery in Ethiopia and Côte d'Ivoire.
Jayoung Park, Jayoung Park, Jongho Heo, Jongho Heo, Woong-Han Kim, Woong-Han Kim   +5 more
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