Anesthesiology, the medical specialty that deals with the management of vital functions in
patients undergoing surgery, has played an important role in the successful development of …

Human resources are essential to the safe and effective functioning of any health care
system. Pressure on the health care workforce is of active global concern. There appears to …

Introduction Most patients with cancer will require surgery at some point in their lifetime. As
the global burden of cancer continues to increase, changes and challenges in cancer …

Background There is a lack of qualitative data on the negative effects of workplace stressors
on the well-being of healthcare professionals in hospitals in Africa. It is unclear how well …

This issue of the Journal includes a very timely article by Leir et al. addressing the
anesthesiology health human resource (HHR) crisis in Canada. 1 This article, along with our …

This month's Special Issue of the Journal offers a rich collection of articles on the topic of
anesthesia in Canada—with one area of focus being the anesthesia human resource crisis …

The burden of pediatric surgical conditions in Somaliland is high and the pediatric
anesthesia capacity across the country remains poorly understood. The international …

The global COVID-19 pandemic highlighted significant existing supply–demand imbalances
in anesthesia workforce, particularly impacting non-operating room anesthesia. Despite …

Background Comprehensive data on pediatric anesthesia outcomes, particularly severe
critical events (SCEs), are scarce in Asia. This highlights the need for standardized research …

In 2017, the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) published its report
on the global anesthesia workforce. 1 This was the first attempt to delineate a …