The impact of African-trained neurosurgeons on sub-Saharan Africa

Karekezi, Claire; El Khamlichi, Abdeslam; El Ouahabi, Abdessamad; El Abbadi, Najia; Alidegnon Ahokpossi, Semevo; Ahanogbe, K.M.H.; Berete, Ibrahima; Mohamed Bouya, Soueilem; Coulibaly, Oumar; Dao, Ibrahim; Ousmanou Djoubairou, Ben; Achille Komlan Doleagbenou, Agbeko; Prosper Egu, Komi; Brieux Ekouélé Mbaki, Hugues; Brice Kinata-Bambino, Sinclair; Mahamane Habibou, Laminou; Nabil Mousse, Adio; Ngamasata, Trésor; Ntalaja, Jeff; Onen, Justin; Quenum, Kisito; Diawara, Seylan; Sogoba, Youssouf; Servadei, Franco; M. Germano, Isabelle

doi:10.3171/2019.12.focus19853

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The impact of African-trained neurosurgeons on sub-Saharan Africa

Published in Neurosurgical FOCUS • Mar 1, 2020

Authors:

Claire Karekezi

Abdeslam El Khamlichi

Abdessamad El Ouahabi

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) represents 17% of the world's land, 14% of the population, and 1% of the gross domestic product. Previous reports have indicated that 81/500 African neurosurgeons (16.2%) worked in SSA-i.e., 1 neurosurgeon per 6 million inhabitants. Over the past decades, efforts ...

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Population

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Gross domestic product

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