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Arusha – Shortage of specialized surgeons in the East African region could facilitate the increase of students in his college training, largely thanks to online platforms.
Already 261 surgeons the College of Arusha Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (Cosecsa) while it is currently forming 443.
The college was established in 1999 to promote excellence in surgical care, training and research throughout the region. "We expect to have 500 graduates by 2020," said Happy Kaiza, a college official, adding that training is delivered through an online learning portal
. Surgeons, was jointly developed and is administered jointly with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). "We believe that our future growth depends on our ability to expand our regional presence and maintain our reputation for excellence in surgical training," she said.
The university is active in Tanzania, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Rwanda. , Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
With 94 accredited hospitals in 15 countries, including four in Tanzania and 169 trainers, Cosecsa is considered the largest surgical training institution in sub-Saharan Africa.
In Tanzania, the approved hospitals are National Muhimbili Hospital (MNH), Bugando (Mwanza), Lutheran Medical Center of Arusha and KCMC Reference Hospital in Moshi.
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery estimates that 140 million people worldwide do not have access to surgical care. In the Comecsa region, there are currently 0.53 surgeons per 100,000 population
To effectively meet health needs, it will be necessary to double the existing surgical workforce in the next 15 years.
Tanzania, a country of 50 million The number of surgeons is in the order of 350, of which only half practice and others do administrative work.
According to the Tanzania Surgical Association (TSA), the current demand for specialists is 3,000, ten times that available.
The ratio of surgeons in Tanzania is one of the lowest in the world; 0.4 for a population of 1000.
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