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- Title
Improving District Hospital Surgical Capacity in Resource Limited Settings: Challenges and Lessons From South Africa.
- Authors
Bust, Lynn; Chu, Kathryn
- Abstract
Strengthening surgical capacity of district hospitals (DHs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been recognised globally as key to improving equitable access to surgical care. This commentary considers the benefits and challenges of surgical mentoring in South Africa and applies the lessons learned to other low-resource settings. Surgical team mentoring programmes require consideration of all stakeholders involved, with strong relationships between mentors and mentees, and the possible establishment of roaming district surgical teams. Other components of a surgical ecosystem must also be strengthened including defining a DH surgical package of care, ensuring strong referral systems through a hub and spoke model, and routine monitoring and evaluation. These recommendations have the potential to strengthen surgical capacity in DHs in low-resource settings which is critical to achieving health for all.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; HOSPITAL size; MIDDLE-income countries; MENTORS; MENTORING
- Publication
International Journal of Health Policy & Management, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 10, p2361
- ISSN
2322-5939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.34172/ijhpm.2022.6937