Phyllis Kisa1, David F Grabski2, Doruk Ozgediz3, Margaret Ajiko4, Raffaele Aspide5, Robert Baird6, Gillian Barker7, Doreen Birabwa-Male8, Geoffrey Blair6, Brian Cameron9, Maija Cheung10, Bruno Cigliano5, David Cunningham11, Sergio D'Agostino5, Damian Duffy6, Faye Evans12, Tamara N Fitzgerald13, George Galiwango14, Domenico Gerolmini5, Marcello Gerolmini5, Nasser Kakembo1, Joyce B Kambugu15, Kokila Lakhoo16, Monica Langer17, Moses Fisha Muhumuza14, Arlene Muzira1, Mary T Nabukenya18, Bindi Naik-Mathuria19, Doreen Nakku20, Jolly Nankunda21, Martin Ogwang22, Innocent Okello1, Norgrove Penny23, Eleanor Reimer24, Coleen Sabatini25, John Sekabira1, Martin Situma20, Peter Ssenyonga26, Janat Tumukunde18, Gustavo Villalona27. 1. Department of Surgery, Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda. 2. Department of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, USA. 3. Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA. doruk.ozgediz@yale.edu. 4. Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti, Uganda. 5. Surgery for Children, Vicenza, Italy. 6. Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, Canada. 7. Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. 8. Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda. 9. Department of Surgery, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada. 10. Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA. 11. KidsOR, Aberdeen, Scotland. 12. Department of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. 13. Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA. 14. CORSU Rehabilitation Hospital, Kisubi, Uganda. 15. Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda. 16. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Oxford University, Oxford, UK. 17. Department of Surgery, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, USA. 18. Department of Anesthesiology, Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda. 19. Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA. 20. Department of Surgery, Mbarara University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara, Uganda. 21. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda. 22. St. Mary's Lacor Hospital, Gulu, Uganda. 23. Department of Orthopedics, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, Canada. 24. Department of Anesthesiology, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, Canada. 25. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA. 26. CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda, Mbale, Uganda. 27. Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is a significant unmet need for children's surgical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Multidisciplinary collaboration is required to advance the surgical and anesthesia care of children's surgical conditions such as congenital conditions, cancer and injuries. Nonetheless, there are limited examples of this process from LMICs. We describe the development and 3-year outcomes following a 2015 stakeholders' meeting in Uganda to catalyze multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaboration. METHODS: The stakeholders' meeting was a daylong conference held in Kampala with local, regional and international collaborators in attendance. Multiple clinical specialties including surgical subspecialists, pediatric anesthesia, perioperative nursing, pediatric oncology and neonatology were represented. Key thematic areas including infrastructure, training and workforce retention, service delivery, and research and advocacy were addressed, and short-term objectives were agreed upon. We reported the 3-year outcomes following the meeting by thematic area. RESULTS: The Pediatric Surgical Foundation was developed following the meeting to formalize coordination between institutions. Through international collaborations, operating room capacity has increased. A pediatric general surgery fellowship has expanded at Mulago and Mbarara hospitals supplemented by an international fellowship in multiple disciplines. Coordinated outreach camps have continued to assist with training and service delivery in rural regional hospitals. CONCLUSION: Collaborations between disciplines, both within LMICs and with international partners, are required to advance children's surgery. The unification of stakeholders across clinical disciplines and institutional partnerships can facilitate increased children's surgical capacity. Such a process may prove useful in other LMICs with a wide range of children's surgery stakeholders.
BACKGROUND: There is a significant unmet need for children's surgical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Multidisciplinary collaboration is required to advance the surgical and anesthesia care of children's surgical conditions such as congenital conditions, cancer and injuries. Nonetheless, there are limited examples of this process from LMICs. We describe the development and 3-year outcomes following a 2015 stakeholders' meeting in Uganda to catalyze multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaboration. METHODS: The stakeholders' meeting was a daylong conference held in Kampala with local, regional and international collaborators in attendance. Multiple clinical specialties including surgical subspecialists, pediatric anesthesia, perioperative nursing, pediatric oncology and neonatology were represented. Key thematic areas including infrastructure, training and workforce retention, service delivery, and research and advocacy were addressed, and short-term objectives were agreed upon. We reported the 3-year outcomes following the meeting by thematic area. RESULTS: The Pediatric Surgical Foundation was developed following the meeting to formalize coordination between institutions. Through international collaborations, operating room capacity has increased. A pediatric general surgery fellowship has expanded at Mulago and Mbarara hospitals supplemented by an international fellowship in multiple disciplines. Coordinated outreach camps have continued to assist with training and service delivery in rural regional hospitals. CONCLUSION: Collaborations between disciplines, both within LMICs and with international partners, are required to advance children's surgery. The unification of stakeholders across clinical disciplines and institutional partnerships can facilitate increased children's surgical capacity. Such a process may prove useful in other LMICs with a wide range of children's surgery stakeholders.
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