ArticlePediatric surgery international2018
Characterizing pediatric surgical capacity in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: results of a pilot study.
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- Essential surgery delivery in the Northern Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- Critical shortage of capacity to deliver safe paediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 67 hospitals in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Assessment of pediatric surgical needs, health-seeking behaviors, and health systems in a rural district of Pakistan.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Geospatial Mapping of Pediatric Surgical Capacity in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.World journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Investing in all of Our Children: Global Pediatric Surgery for the Twenty-First Century.World journal of surgery · 2019Article
- Developing Metrics to Define Progress in Children's Surgery.World journal of surgery · 2019Review
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Abstract
purposeCharacterize pediatric surgical capacity in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to identify areas of potential improvement.
methodsThe Pediatric Personnel, Infrastructure, Procedures, Equipment, and Supplies (PediPIPES) survey was used in two representative eastern DRC provinces to assess existing surgical infrastructure and capacity. We compared our results to previously published reports from other sub-Saharan African countries.
resultsFourteen hospitals in the eastern DRC and 37 in 19 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries were compared. The average PediPIPES index for the DRC was 7.7 compared to 13.5 for SSAs. The greatest disparities existed in the areas of personnel and infrastructure. Running water was reportedly available to 57.1% of the hospitals in the DRC, and the majority of hospitals (78.6%) were dependent on generators and solar panels for electricity. Only two hospitals in the DRC (14.3%) reported a pediatric surgeon equivalent on staff, compared to 86.5% of facilities sampled in SSA reporting ≥ 1 pediatric surgeon.
conclusionsSignificant barriers in personnel, infrastructure, procedures, equipment, and supplies impede the provision of adequate surgical care to children. Further work is needed to assess allocation and utilization of existing resources, and to enhance training of personnel with specific attention to pediatric surgery.
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