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The impact of surgical task-sharing in Sierra Leone: a nationwide longitudinal observational study on surgical workforce and volume, 2012–2023

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Abstract

Over the last decade, Sierra Leone has seen a shift in surgical care, with a transition from general to obstetric surgeries, from private to public institutions, and an expansion of surgical care in rural areas, with associate clinicians as the leading provider. The introduction of a nationwide surgical task-sharing initiative to strengthen the surgical workforce at district governmental hospitals in 2011 has emerged as the major contributor to the change in surgical activity and output observed in Sierra Leone over the last decade.

Research topics

  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Global Maternal and Child Health

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018423

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