PaedSurg Africa

PaedSurg Africa 2021-09-05T16:46:57+00:00

PaedSurg Africa is a multi-centre research collaboration of surgeons, anaesthetists and allied health professionals undertaking neonatal and paediatric surgery throughout sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Collectively, the collaboration has produced the largest prospective cohort study of paediatric surgery in this region of the world. The protocol may be found here. The full study manuscript has been published in BMJ Global Health and is available for download here.

The primary aim was to compare the outcomes of five common neonatal and paediatric surgical conditions between SSA and high-income countries.

Data was collected between October 2016 to April 2017 on five conditions (gastroschisis, anorectal malformation, appendicitis, inguinal hernia and intussusception). This involved 220 collaborators from 76 hospitals in 23 countries collecting data on 1407 children.

It has since been presented (and will continue to be presented) at numerous conferences across the world.

For a collaborator perspective of PaedSurg Africa, visit our blog to read about the experiences of Dr. Nurudeen Abdulraheem (Nigeria) and Dr. Theophilus Teddy (Ghana).

 


 

When Presenter, Name (institution)Conference
July 2016 - April 2017All collaboratorsPresentations by collaborators to their local teams
July 2016Naomi Wright (King's College London)British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) Conference, Amsterdam
September 2016Naomi Wright (King's College London) & PaedSurg Africa CollaboratorsPan-African Paediatric Surgical Association (PAPSA) Conference, Lagos, Nigeria
October 2016Naomi Wright (King's College London)Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS) Conference, Washington, USA
October 2016Naomi Wright (King's College London)World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS) Conference, Washington, USA
December 2016Naomi Wright (King's College London) & PaedSurg Africa CollaboratorsCollege of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) Conference, Mombasa, Kenya
December 2016Nurudeen Abdulraheem (University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria)Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS) International Research Webinar
March 2017Elizabeth Ogboli-Nwasor (Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria)West African College of Surgeons (WACS) Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
April 2017Naomi Wright (King's College London)Global Surgical Frontiers (GSF) Conference, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
June 2017Riikka Valjakka (Boroma Regional Hospital, Somaliland)Finnish Paediatric Surgical Association Conference, Finland
June 2017Hope Phiri (Lusaka University Teaching Hospital, Zambia)Physician and Non-Physician Anaesthesia Conference, Lusaka, Zambia
July 2017Naomi Wright (King's College London)British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) Conference, London, UK
August 2017Nurudeen Abdulraheem (University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria)World Congress of Surgery (WCS), Basil, Switzerland *** This was the first presentation of the results, prior to this presentations were of the study concept to recruit collaborators.
September 2017Naomi Wright (King's College London)Commonwealth Association of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (CAPGAN) Conference, Lusaka, Zambia
October 2017Naomi Wright (King's College London)World Anaesthesia Society (WAS) Seminar, London, UK
November 2017Amarylis Mapurisa (on behalf of Emma Thompson), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blantyre, MalawiMalawi Research Dissemination Conference
December 2017Professor Stephen Tabiri (Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana, West Africa)Ghana Surgical Research Society in collaboration with Ghana College of Surgeons, West African College of Surgeons and International College of Surgeons at the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
December 2017Sinkeet Ranketi (Tenwek Hospital, Kenya)College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) Conference, Maputo, Mozambique
January 2018Jacques Fadhili Bake (HEAL Africa Hospital, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo)Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS) Conference, Vellore, India
March 2018Omolara Williams (Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria)West African College of Surgeons (WACS) Conference, Banjul, The Gambia
March 2018Charles Carapinha (Johannesburg)C4K (Clinicians for Kids) Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa
May 2018Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih (Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana)InciSioN Global Surgery Conference, Leuven, Belgium
May 2018Luc Malemo (HEAL Africa Hospital, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo)Bethune Round Table for Global Surgery, Toronto, Canada
July 2018Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih (Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana)Extreme Affordability Conference, Ghana
July 2018Naomi Wright (King’s College London, UK)British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) Conference, Liverpool, UK (PaedSurg Africa won the President’s Prize).
August 2018Nayha Gautam (East London, South Africa)South African Association of Paediatric Surgeons (SAAPS) Conference, Pretoria, South Africa
September 2018Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih (Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana)Medical Knowledge Fiesta 2018. Rethinking medical education to meet contemporary health care needs. Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ridge, Accra
September 2018Lofty-John Chukwuemeka (Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria)Association of Paediatric Surgeons of Nigeria (APSON) Conference, Kano, Nigeria
October 2018 Rashmi Kumar (Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya) Swami Rama Himalayan University, Uttarakhand, India
November 2018Stella Eguma (University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Nigeria)Nigerian Society of Anaesthetists, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
November 2018Helle Moustapha (Naimey National Hospital, Niger)African Society of Pediatric Surgery (SACP), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
November 2018Kokila Lakhoo (Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana)Pan-African Paediatric Surgical Association (PAPSA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
November 2018Mulewa Mulenga (University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia)National Anaesthetic Conference, Lusaka, Zambia
November 2018Hansraj Mangray (Greys Hospital, South Africa)International Paediatrics, Infectious Diseases and Healthcare Conference, Cape Town, South Africa