Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Partnership Framework in Africa

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Features| October 2021 Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Partnership Framework in Africa Mpoki Ulisubisya, MD, FCA (ECSA); Mpoki Ulisubisya, MD, FCA (ECSA) Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Mark Newton, MD; Mark Newton, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar M. Dylan Bould, MBChB; M. Dylan Bould, MBChB Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Edwin Lugazia, MD, MBA Edwin Lugazia, MD, MBA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 37–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000795120.61741.34 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Mpoki Ulisubisya, Mark Newton, M. Dylan Bould, Edwin Lugazia; Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Partnership Framework in Africa. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:37–38 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000795120.61741.34 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: africa, care of intensive care unit patient, partnerships The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted inequities in access to health care, even within the borders of high-resource countries (BMJ Open 2020;10:e039849). The global vaccine distribution maps vividly demonstrate the inequities between high- and low-resource regions of our globe (asamonitor.pub/3jORVNw). These inequities are emblematic of decades of systematic underinvestment in health care systems, with surgical and anesthesia care particularly neglected. Greater than 95% of the population of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to safe, timely ,and affordable surgical care, compared to less than 5% in North America (Lancet Glob Health 2015;3:e316-23). In addition, perioperative mortality rates are many times greater in low-resource regions of the world, human resources for anesthesia care are much lower, and the system impact of advanced surgical pathophysiology in Sub-Sahara African patients is poorly understood (Anesthesiology 2020;132:452-60; Anesth Analg 2017;125:981-90). What causes these... You do not currently have access to this content.