SURG-Africa SIGNED
Scaling up Safe Surgery for District and Rural Populations in Africa
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Project "SURG-Africa" data sheet
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| Coordinator |
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
Organization address contact info |
| Coordinator Country | Ireland [IE] |
| Project website | http://www.surgafrica.eu |
| Total cost | 5˙997˙813 € |
| EC max contribution | 5˙997˙813 € (100%) |
| Programme |
1. H2020-EU.3.1.6. (Health care provision and integrated care) |
| Code Call | H2020-SC1-2016-RTD |
| Funding Scheme | RIA |
| Starting year | 2017 |
| Duration (year-month-day) | from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31 |
Partnership
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND | IE (DUBLIN) | coordinator | 1˙597˙880.00 |
| 2 | EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA HEALTH COMMUNITY | TZ (ARUSHA) | participant | 1˙418˙438.00 |
| 3 | THE SURGICAL SOCIETY OF ZAMBIA | ZM (LUSAKA) | participant | 844˙276.00 |
| 4 | UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI | MW (ZOMBA) | participant | 793˙184.00 |
| 5 | STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT | NL (NIJMEGEN) | participant | 680˙023.00 |
| 6 | THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD | UK (OXFORD) | participant | 664˙011.00 |
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Project objective
In sub-Saharan Africa 95% of the population has no access to surgical services. In this region surgery – a proven and often life-saving intervention – is only accessible to urban populations, with only one surgeon per 2.5 million people in rural areas. Emerging evidence demonstrates that major surgery can be undertaken safely and effectively at district hospitals, making it accessible to otherwise neglected rural populations.
Objectives: Guided by a health systems-strengthening framework and a comprehensive programme of research, Scaling up Safe Surgery for District and Rural Populations in Africa will scale up the delivery of accessible, elective and emergency surgery at district hospitals to national level programmes in three African countries: Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania.
How objectives will be achieved: SURG-Africa is a tested intervention, drawing lessons from two large-scale successful interventions coordinated by members of this SURG-Africa consortium (one FP7 EC funded) that have trained and supervised non-physician clinicians to deliver essential and emergency surgery in four African countries. Platformed on comprehensive surgical systems analyses, it will put in place national surgical information systems; and will test innovative interventions for making specialist supervision of district surgery feasible and affordable. Epidemiological, economics and implementation research will evaluate impact, and provide evidence for policymakers.
SURG-Africa directly addresses all aspects of Topic SC1-PM-21-2016: Implementation research for scaling- up of evidence based innovations and good practice in Europe and low and middle-income countries. The results will be transferable and scalable national surgical systems models, with implications for national budget factored in, for making safe surgical services accessible, equitable and sustainable in Africa, especially for women in rural areas.
Deliverables
| SURG-Africa website | Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. | 2020-02-17 15:46:36 |
| Research Ethics approvals from relevant partner committees | Documents, reports | 2020-02-17 15:46:36 |
Take a look to the deliverables list in detail: detailed list of SURG-Africa deliverables.
Publications
| year | authors and title | journal | last update |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |
Mweene Cheelo, Ruairi Brugha, Leon Bijlmakers, John Kachimba, Tracey McCauley, Jakub Gajewski Surgical Capacity at District Hospitals in Zambia: From 2012 to 2016 published pages: 3508-3513, ISSN: 0364-2313, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-018-4678-7 |
World Journal of Surgery 42/11 | 2020-03-05 |
| 2018 |
Dennis Cornelissen, Gerald Mwapasa, Jakub Gajewski, Tracey McCauley, Eric Borgstein, Ruairi Brugha, Leon Bijlmakers The Cost of Providing District-Level Surgery in Malawi published pages: 46-53, ISSN: 0364-2313, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-4166-5 |
World Journal of Surgery 42/1 | 2020-03-05 |
| 2019 |
J. Gajewski, E. Borgstein, L. Bijlmakers, G. Mwapasa, Z. Aljohani, C. Pittalis, T. McCauley, R. Brugha Evaluation of a surgical training programme for clinical officers in Malawi published pages: e156-e165, ISSN: 0007-1323, DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11065 |
BJS 106/2 | 2020-03-05 |
| 2018 |
J. Gajewski, L. Bijlmakers, G. Mwapasa, E. Borgstein, C. Pittalis, R. Brugha ‘I think we are going to leave these cases’. Obstacles to surgery in rural Malawi: a qualitative study of provider perspectives published pages: 1141-1147, ISSN: 1360-2276, DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13135 |
Tropical Medicine & International Health 23/10 | 2020-03-05 |
| 2020 |
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 Anesthesia Capacity of District-Level Hospitals in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia published pages: 1, ISSN: 0003-2999, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000004363 |
Anesthesia & Analgesia | 2020-03-05 |
| 2018 |
Leon Bijlmakers, Dennis Cornelissen, Mweene Cheelo, Mzaza Nthele, John Kachimba, Henk Broekhuizen, Jakub Gajewski, Ruairà Brugha The cost of providing and scaling up surgery: a comparison of a district hospital and a referral hospital in Zambia published pages: 1055-1064, ISSN: 0268-1080, DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czy086 |
Health Policy and Planning 33/10 | 2020-03-05 |
| 2019 |
Jakub Gajewski, Mweene Cheelo, Leon Bijlmakers, John Kachimba, Chiara Pittalis, Ruairi Brugha The contribution of non-physician clinicians to the provision of surgery in rural Zambia—a randomised controlled trial published pages: , ISSN: 1478-4491, DOI: 10.1186/s12960-019-0398-9 |
Human Resources for Health 17/1 | 2020-03-05 |
| 2018 |
Jakub Gajewski, Ronan Conroy, Leon Bijlmakers, Gerald Mwapasa, Tracey McCauley, Eric Borgstein, Ruairi Brugha Quality of Surgery in Malawi: Comparison of Patient-Reported Outcomes After Hernia Surgery Between District and Central Hospitals published pages: 1610-1616, ISSN: 0364-2313, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-4385-9 |
World Journal of Surgery 42/6 | 2020-03-05 |
| 2017 |
Jakub Gajewski, Rachel Dharamshi, Michael Strader, John Kachimba, Eric Borgstein, Gerald Mwapasa, Mweene Cheelo, Tracey McCauley, Leon Bijlmakers, Ruairi Brugha Who accesses surgery at district level in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia published pages: 1533-1541, ISSN: 1360-2276, DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12989 |
Tropical Medicine & International Health 22/12 | 2020-03-05 |
| 2017 |
Jakub Gajewski, Carol Mweemba, Mweene Cheelo, Tracey McCauley, John Kachimba, Eric Borgstein, Leon Bijlmakers, Ruairi Brugha Non-physician clinicians in rural Africa: lessons from the Medical Licentiate programme in Zambia published pages: , ISSN: 1478-4491, DOI: 10.1186/s12960-017-0233-0 |
Human Resources for Health 15/1 | 2020-02-17 |
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