Scaling up Safe Surgery for District and Rural Populations in Africa

Project Information

SURG-Africa

Grant agreement ID: 733391

DOI 10.3030/733391

Project closed

EC signature date 9 December 2016

Start date 1 January 2017

End date 30 June 2021

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being

Total cost € 5 997 813,00

EU contribution € 5 997 813,00

Coordinated by

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
Ireland

Deliverables

Documents, reports (1)

Research Ethics approvals from relevant partner committees

Documentation will be prepared and submitted to relevant country research ethics committees for ethics clearance. All requirements will be met and ethics certificates will be obtained and kept in a central repository.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

SURG-Africa website

Project website will be established to serve information, dissemination and contact purposes. The address www.surgafrica.eu will be registered.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Economic Costs of Providing District- and Regional-Level Surgeries in Tanzania

Author(s): Ifeanyichi M, Broekhuizen H, Juma A, Chilonga K, Kataika E, Gajewski J, Brugha R, Bijlmakers L
Published in: Int J Health Policy Manag 2021, x(x), 1–12, 2021, Page(s) 1-12, ISSN 2322-5939
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.09

Why Do They Leave? Challenges to Retention of Surgical Clinical Officers in District Hospitals in Malawi

Author(s): Jakub Gajewski, Marisa Wallace, Chiara Pittalis, Gerald Mwapasa, Eric Borgstein, Leon Bijlmakers, Ruairi Brugha
Published in: IJHPM, 2020, ISSN 2322-5939
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.142

Using Network and Complexity Theories to Understand the Functionality of Referral Systems for Surgical Patients in Resource-Limited Settings, the Case of Malawi

Author(s): Pittalis, Chiara Brugha, Ruairí Bijlmakers, Leon Cunningham, Frances Mwapasa, Gerald Clarke, Morgane Broekhuizen, Henk Ifeanyichi, Martilord Borgstein, Eric Gajewski, Jakubi6
Published in: IJHPM, Issue 1/12, 2021, ISSN 2322-5939
Publisher: http://www.kmu.ac.ir/
DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.175

Patterns, quality and appropriateness of surgical referrals in Malawi

Author(s): Chiara Pittalis,Ruairi Brugha,Leon Bijlmakers,Gerald Mwapasa,Eric Borgstein,Jakub Gajewski
Published in: Tropical Medecine and International health, Issue Volume 25 Issue 7, 2020, ISSN 1365-3156
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13406

Surgical care in district hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

Author(s): Zineb Bentounsi, Sharaf Sheik-Ali, Grace Drury, Chris Lavy
Published in: BMJ Open, 2021, ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042862

Factors Associated with Waiting Time for Patients Scheduled for Elective Surgical Procedures at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Zambia

Author(s): Mubanga Musonda, Jacobs Choolwe, Rizk Jean, Gajewski Jakub, Pittalis Chiara and Mweene Cheelo
Published in: Annals of Medical & Health Sciences Research, 2020, ISSN 2141-9248
Publisher: End State MNE

Surgical service monitoring and quality control systems at district hospitals in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia: a mixed-methods study

Author(s): Morgane Clarke , Chiara Pittalis, Eric Borgstein, Leon Bijlmakers,Mweene Cheelo, Martilord Ifeanyichi, Gerald Mwapasa,Adinan Juma, Henk Broekhuizen, Grace Drury, Chris Lavy,John Kachimba, Nyengo Mkandawire, Kondo Chilonga, Ruairí Brugha, Jakub Gajewski
Published in: BMJ Quality & Safety, 2021, Page(s) 30:950–960, ISSN 2044-5423
Publisher: BMJ
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012751

Supervision as a tool for building surgical capacity of district hospitals: the case of Zambia

Author(s): Jakub Gajewski; Nasser Monzer; Chiara Pittalis; Leon Bijlmakers; Mweene Cheelo; John Kachimba; Ruairi Brugha
Published in: Human Resources for Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020), Issue 1, 2020, ISSN 1478-4491
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-020-00467-x

Policy options for surgical mentoring: Lessons from Zambia based on stakeholder consultation and systems science

Author(s): Henk Broekhuizen ,Martilord Ifeanyichi, Mweene Cheelo, Grace Drury, Chiara Pittalis, Etiënne Rouwette, Michael Mbambiko, John Kachimba, Ruairí Brugha, Jakub Gajewski, Leon Bijlmakers
Published in: PLOS One, Issue 16(9): e0257597, 2021, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257597

Evaluation of a Managed Surgical Consultation Network in Malawi.

Author(s): Gerald Mwapasa; Chiara Pittalis; Morgane Clarke; Leon Bijlmakers; Grace Le; Nyengo Mkandawire; Ruairi Brugha; Eric Borgstein; Jakub Gajewski
Published in: World Journal of Surgery, Issue 45, 2021, Page(s) 356–361, ISSN 2637-4625
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-020-05809-3

Improving Access to Surgery Through Surgical Team Mentoring – Policy Lessons From Group Model Building With Local Stakeholders in Malawi

Author(s): Henk Broekhuizen, Martilord Ifeanyichi, Gerald Mwapasa, Chiara Pittalis, Patrick Noah, Nyengo Mkandawire, Eric Borgstein, Ruairí Brugha, Jakub Gajewski, Leon Bijlmakers
Published in: IJHPM, Issue Int J Health Policy Manag 2021, x(x), 1–12, 2021, ISSN 2322-5939
Publisher: IJHPM
DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.78

Using Group Model Building to Capture the Complex Dynamics of Scaling Up District-Level Surgery in Arusha Region, Tanzania

Author(s): Henk Broekhuizen, Monic Lansu, Jakub Gajewski, Chiara Pittalis, Martilord Ifeanyichi, Adinan Juma, Paul Marealle, Edward Kataika , Kondo Chilonga, Etiënne Rouwette, Ruairi Brugha , Leon Bijlmakers
Published in: IJHPM, 2020, ISSN 2322-5939
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.249

Which Surgical Operations Should be Performed in District Hospitals in East, Central and Southern Africa? Results of a Survey of Regional Clinicians

Author(s): Zineb Bentounsi; Chris Lavy; Chiara Pittalis; Morgane Clarke; Jean Rizk; Grace Le; Ruairi Brugha; Eric Borgstein; Jakub Gajewski
Published in: World Journal of Surgery, Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 2637-4625
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-020-05793-8

Barriers to surgery performed by non-physician clinicians in sub-Saharan Africa—a scoping review

Author(s): Phylisha van Heemskerken, Henk Broekhuizen, Jakub Gajewski, Ruairí Brugha and Leon Bijlmakers
Published in: Human Resources for Health, Issue 51, 2020, ISSN 1478-4491
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-020-00490-y

Rates of surgical deaths and infections at district hospitals in Malawi and Zambia: a prospective multicentre cohort study

Author(s): Jakub Gajewski, Mengyang Zhang , Leon Bijlmakers , Chiara Pittalis , Eric Borgstein, Gerald Mwapasa, John Kachimba, Mweene Cheelo, Kristen Waterman, Ruairi Brugha
Published in: BMJ Open, Issue 11/12, 2021, ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049126

Anesthesia Capacity of District-Level Hospitals in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia

Author(s): Jakub Gajewski, Chiara Pittalis, Chris Lavy, Eric Borgstein, Leon Bijlmakers, Gerald Mwapasa, Mweene Cheelo, Grace Le, Adinan Juma, John Kachimba, Paul Marealle, Nyengo Mkandawire, Kondo Chilonga, Ruairi Brugha
Published in: Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2020, Page(s) 1, ISSN 0003-2999
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000004363

COVID-19 pandemic: Revisiting the case for a dedicated financing mechanism for surgical care in resource-poor countries

Author(s): Martilord Ifeanyichi, Jakub Gajewski, Rob Baltussen, Eric Borgstein, John Kachimba, Ruairi Brugha, Leon Bijlmakers
Published in: J Glob Health. 2021; 11: 03090, Issue 20472986, 2021, ISSN 2047-2986
Publisher: Journal Of Global health
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.11.03090

Financing of surgery and anaesthesia in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

Author(s): Martilord Ifeanyichi ,Ellis Aune, Mark Shrime ,Jakub Gajewski ,Chiara Pittalis , John Kachimba , Eric Borgstein, Ruairi Brugha ,Rob Baltussen, Leon Bijlmakers
Published in: BMJ Open, 2021, ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051617

Authors’ Reply: Which Surgical Operations Should be Performed in District Hospitals in East, Central and Southern Africa? Results of a Survey of Regional Clinicians

Author(s): Bentounsi Z, Lavy C, Pittalis C, Clarke M, Rizk J, Le G, et al.
Published in: World Journal of Surgery, Issue Volume 45 Issue 3, 2021, Page(s) 915-16, ISSN 2637-4625
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-020-05895-3

Surgical ambulance referrals in sub-Saharan Africa – financial costs and coping strategies at district hospitals in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia

Author(s): Ifeanyichi, Martilord, Broekhuizen, Henk, Cheelo, Mweene, Juma, Adinan, Mwapasa, Gerald, Borgstein, Eric Kachimba, John, Gajewski, Jakub, Brugha, Ruairi, Pittalis, Chiara, Bijlmakers, Leon
Published in: BMC Health Services Research, Issue (2021) 21:728, 2021, ISSN 1471-2458
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06709-5