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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 3/2013

01-03-2013

Surgery and Anesthesia Capacity-Building in Resource-Poor Settings: Description of an Ongoing Academic Partnership in Uganda

Authors: Michael Lipnick, Cephas Mijumbi, Gerald Dubowitz, Samuel Kaggwa, Laura Goetz, Jacqueline Mabweijano, Sudha Jayaraman, Arthur Kwizera, Joseph Tindimwebwa, Doruk Ozgediz

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 3/2013

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Abstract

Background

Surgery and perioperative care have been neglected in the arena of global health despite evidence of cost-effectiveness and the growing, substantial burden of surgical conditions. Various approaches to address the surgical disease crisis have been reported. This article describes the strategy of Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery (GPAS), an academically based, capacity-building collaboration between North American and Ugandan teaching institutions.

Methods

The collaboration’s projects shift away from the trainee exchange, equipment donation, and clinical service delivery models. Instead, it focuses on three locally identified objectives to improve surgical and perioperative care capacity in Uganda: workforce expansion, research, collaboration.

Results

Recruitment programs from 2007 to 2011 helped increase the number of surgery and anesthesia trainees at Mulago Hospital (Kampala, Uganda) from 20 to 40 and 2 to 19, respectively. All sponsored trainees successfully graduated and remained in the region. Postgraduate academic positions were created and filled to promote workforce retention. A local research agenda was developed, more than 15 collaborative, peer-reviewed papers have been published, and the first competitive research grant for a principal investigator in the Department of Surgery at Mulago was obtained. A local projects coordinator position and an annual conference were created and jointly funded by partnering international efforts to promote collaboration.

Conclusions

Sub-Saharan Africa has profound unmet needs in surgery and perioperative care. This academically based model helped increase recruitment of trainees, expanded local research, and strengthened stakeholder collaboration in Uganda. Further analysis is underway to determine the impact on surgical disease burden and other important outcome measures.
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Metadata
Title
Surgery and Anesthesia Capacity-Building in Resource-Poor Settings: Description of an Ongoing Academic Partnership in Uganda
Authors
Michael Lipnick
Cephas Mijumbi
Gerald Dubowitz
Samuel Kaggwa
Laura Goetz
Jacqueline Mabweijano
Sudha Jayaraman
Arthur Kwizera
Joseph Tindimwebwa
Doruk Ozgediz
Publication date
01-03-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-012-1848-x

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