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

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dc.contributor.authorLipnick, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMijumbi, Cephas
dc.contributor.authorDubowitz, Gerald
dc.contributor.authorKaggwa, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorGoetz, Laura
dc.contributor.authorMabweijano, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.authorJayaraman, Sudha
dc.contributor.authorKwizera, Arthur
dc.contributor.authorTindimwebwa, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorOzgediz, Doruk
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-27T15:39:38Z
dc.date.available2022-05-27T15:39:38Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractSurgery 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 collaborationen_US
dc.identifier.citationLipnick, M., Mijumbi, C., Dubowitz, G., Kaggwa, S., Goetz, L., Mabweijano, J., ... & Ozgediz, D. (2013). Surgery and anesthesia capacity-building in resource-poor settings: description of an ongoing academic partnership in Uganda. World journal of surgery, 37(3), 488-497.DOI 10.1007/s00268-012-1848-xen_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI 10.1007/s00268-012-1848-x
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/3596
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWorld journal of surgeryen_US
dc.subjectSurgeryen_US
dc.subjectAnesthesia Capacityen_US
dc.subjectAcademic Partnershipen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleSurgery and Anesthesia Capacity-Building in Resource-Poor Settings: Description of an Ongoing Academic Partnership in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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