Collaboration is key to strengthening surgical research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa

Universal Access to Surgical Care and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case for Surgical Systems Research; Comment on “Global Surgery – Informing National Strategies for Scaling Up Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa”

National level experiences, lessons learnt from the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era coupled with the academic evidence and proposals generated by the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) together with the economic arguments and recommendations from the World Bank Group’s “Essential Surgery” Disease Control Priorities (DCP3) publication, provided the impetus for political commitment...

Vaccinations of International Travellers From Greece to Sub-Saharan Africa

Introduction: The number of travellers from Greece who travel to sub-Saharan Africa has increased during the last decade. Our aim in this research was to study vaccination patterns for travellers travelling to sub-Saharan Africa.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2011 until December 2014 in all (57) public health departments in Gr...

Surgical Task Shifting in Sub-Saharan Africa

The poor availability of surgical services in developing countries is a long neglected problem that has recently gained attention [1,2]. Violence, injury, and obstetric emergencies are among leading causes of mortality and morbidity that can be mitigated through surgical intervention. Surgically treatable problems are estimated to account for up to 11% of the world’s disability-adjusted life ye...

Strengthening health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

The North-South Institute (NSI) is working on an innovative project designed to bring a special resource into the picture: health professionals who have emigrated from Africa. Through a project called “The Diaspora Giving Back: Strengthening Health Care Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa”, these professionals will have the opportunity to share their expertise, experience and commitment where it’s ne...

Strengthening Child Protection Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa