Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) represents 17% of the world's land, 14% of the population, and 1% of the gross domestic product. Previous reports have indicated that 81/500 African neurosurgeons (16.2%) worked in SSA-i.e., 1 neurosurgeon per 6 million inhabitants. Over the past decades, efforts have been made to improve neurosurgery availability in SSA. In this study, the authors provide an update by means of the polling of neurosurgeons who trained in North Africa and went back to practice in SSA.

The impact of African-trained neurosurgeons on sub-Saharan Africa

Servadei, Franco;
2020-01-01

Abstract

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) represents 17% of the world's land, 14% of the population, and 1% of the gross domestic product. Previous reports have indicated that 81/500 African neurosurgeons (16.2%) worked in SSA-i.e., 1 neurosurgeon per 6 million inhabitants. Over the past decades, efforts have been made to improve neurosurgery availability in SSA. In this study, the authors provide an update by means of the polling of neurosurgeons who trained in North Africa and went back to practice in SSA.
2020
CME = continuing medical education
DRC = Democratic Republic of Congo
GNI = Gross National Income
LMIC
LMIC = low- and middle-income countries
RTC = Rabat Training Center
SSA = sub-Saharan Africa
WFNS = World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
global neurosurgery
low- and middle-income countries
neurosurgery training
sub-Saharan Africa
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