Background Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common operations performed
worldwide with most of the burden of these occurring in low‐or middle‐income countries …

Global surgery as an essential component of global health. Global surgery is the study and
practice of improving access to timely, quality, and affordable surgical care. It emphasizes …

This Discussion Paper starts at the local level and reimagines primary health care (PHC)
and the PHC workforce from the perspective of people living in rural and underserved urban …

Accessing surgical care is of profound significance that face remote African communities
due to insufficient healthcare means and infrastructure. Deploying mobile surgical units …

Abstract Background In East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA), district hospitals (DH) are
the main source of surgical care for 80% of the population. DHs in Africa must provide basic …

ABSTRACT Background Surgical healthcare in South Africa is inequitable with a
considerable lack of resources in the public health sector. Identifying barriers to care and …

Strengthening and defining the role of rural hospitals within a surgical ecosystem is
essential to improving quality and timely surgical access for rural people in low and middle …

BACKGROUND: International standards for safe anesthetic care have been developed by
the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) and the World Health …

The World Health Organization states that essential, cost-effective surgical care should be
delivered at district hospitals. In South Africa significant skills gap exist at district hospitals …

177 SAJS VOL. 58 NO. 4 DECEMBER 2020 stakeholders, and the NSOAP must be
incorporated into the national health strategic plans for provision of EESC. Buy-in from …