Workforce Issues Abroad 
(recommended reading)

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Surgical subspecialists in West Africa: Workforce size, training opportunities, and contributing factors
Parvin-Nejad FP, Hoffman GS, Padmanaban V, et al. Surgery 2021; 170(2): 478-484 

The impact of COSECSA in developing the surgical workforce in East Central and Southern Africa
Mulwafu W, Fualal J, Bekele A et al. Surgeon 2021: S1479-666X(21)00188-8

Bridging the human resource gap in surgical and anesthesia care in low-resource countries: a review of the task sharing literature
Ashengo T, Skeels A, Hurwitz EJH, et al. Hum Resour Health 2017; 15: 77

The specialist surgeon workforce in east, central and southern Africa: a situation analysis
O'Flynn E, Andrew J, Hutch A et al. World J Surg. 2016; 40(11): 2620-2627

Specialist surgical workforce - sub-Saharan Africa 2015
The World Bank. 

Surgical task-shifting in a low-resource setting: outcomes after major surgery performed by nonphysician clinicians in Tanzania
Beard JH, Oresanya LB, Akoko L, et al. World J Surg 2014; 38: 1398-1404

The health worker shortage in Africa: are enough physicians and nurses being trained?
Kinfu H, Dal Poz MR, Mercer H et al.  B World Health Organ. 2009, 87: 225-230

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