E-learning platform for paediatric surgery launched in Africa

Kenya has about 26 general paediatric surgeons, while 40 per cent of the population are children aged between 0 and14. [Courtesy]

A new learning platform has been launched to harmonise the training of paediatric surgeons and to help to scale up access to safe, affordable and timely surgical care for children in Africa.

The platform is an initiative of 70 African surgeons from the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) and the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) in partnership with the Institute of Global Surgery at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin.