OBJECTIVE Africa contributes significantly to the global neurosurgical disease burden but
has only 1% of the neurosurgery workforce. This study appraises the neurosurgical …

Background There is no comprehensive report of neurosurgery postgraduate education in
Africa. This narrative review aimed to map out the landscape of neurosurgery training in …

BACKGROUND: Awake craniotomy (AC) is a common neurosurgical procedure for the
resection of lesions in eloquent brain areas, which has the advantage of avoiding general …

Background The shortage of surgeons, anaesthesiologists and obstetricians in low-income
and middle-income countries (LMICs) is occasionally bridged by foreign surgical teams from …

Background Investments in training physician specialists through postgraduate medical
education (PGME) are critical for Sub-Saharan Africa, given the increasing burden of non …

Highlights•East Africa remains one of the most challenging regions for neurosurgical care
provision.•Numerous aid programs geared toward helping East African neurosurgery are in …

OBJECTIVE International collaborations between high-income (HICs) and low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs) have been developed as an attempt to reduce the inequalities in …

Objective More than 5 billion individuals lack access to essential surgical care.
Neurosurgical care is especially limited in low-income countries (LICs). Studies describing …

Background Research output on global neurosurgery (GNS) has exponentially increased in
recent years. As research efforts increase, we must first analyze how the current body of …

OBJECTIVE There is a global lack of access to surgical care, and this issue
disproportionately affects those in low-and middle-income countries. Global surgery …