Another award. 🤩

We're delighted to have today been nominated for The Charity Award's International Aid and Development award. 🌎

It's fantastic to see recognition of our pioneering solar surgery system - which is already facilitating safe, sustainable operations for children

A week of action at G S Memorial Plastic Surgery Hospital with Lifebox & @SmileTrain to reduce postoperative infection for children undergoing #cleft surgery

3 workshops:
☑️World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist
☑️Safer Surgical Instruments
☑️ #IPC
#EverySurgerySafer

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Setting up XR hubs across the world! This was in Burundi. A fantastic experience for all #vr ims #vr medicineandsurgery #extendedreality #vr #ar #xr #MedicalEducation

An amazing experience indeed！！ Kazobinka Gallina

#30YearsIREUGA #ImpactStories : Over 30 health workers in Karamoja trained in new born care under #Ireland 's heath project with Medici con l'Africa | Doctors with Africa Ministry of Health- Uganda Intensive Care Unit (NICU) constructed at Matany hospital; NICUs renovated &equipped at Abim, Kaabong and Moroto hospitals.

The work of World Health Organization (WHO) is more important than ever.

We are pleased to have Anshu Banerjee as a panelist.

As the Director of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Ageing, Dr. Banerjee will share insights on improving health equity.

📍Results & action: globalsurgeryfoundation.org/wha2024

Care in hospitals with ⬆️ sex diversity was associated wt ⬇️odds of 90d morbidity. This association was greater for patients treated by female anaesthetists and female surgeons

⁦ESTS Women in General Thoracic Surgery⁩ ⁦Mara Antonoff, MD, FACS⁩ ⁦WomenInThoracicSurg⁩ theguardian.com/world/article/…

Pipeline embolization device dynamics: prediction of incomplete occlusion by elongation from nominal length.

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Please read below the ABS 's response to concerns about Surgical Care Practitioners performing independent surgery.

Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA): A novel surgical technique for scarless thyroidectomy in pediatric surgery jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-… #SoMe4PedSurg #jpedsurg

Don't miss out! Join us tomorrow at 2:30 PM East African Time for the 6th lecture of the COSECSA - CEGS Lecture series. Prof. Sherry WREN will delve into the complexities of Pancreatic & Biliary Track Cancers. Register now: shorturl.at/fyQ27 #COSECSA #CEGS #CancerAwareness

Congrats to david hasan, who received the Golden Neuron Award at the meeting of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery in Malaga, Spain.

Is surgeon advocacy a professional interest or a physician's responsibility? In this viewpoint article, Michael Visenio argues that education introducing trainees to advocacy and health policy would prime future physicians for involvement in advocacy efforts. brnw.ch/21wJJT6

Everything you want to learn about red eyes will be unleashed tomorrow 14th May, 2024 at exactly 8:00pm. Tune in and listen to the main man behind the steering wheel of the Ophthalmology Society of Uganda Association of Surgeons of Uganda (ASOU) Ruharo Mission Hospital MENGO EYE HOSPITAL Ministry of Health- Uganda Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero

Through Research, Dr. Jeff Otiti met Dr. Chad Zender, it's been good years of working together to expand Head/Neck Cancer services in Uganda. As we celebrate the 10 years Anniversary he said it's very impressive to see the impact created and pledged to continue working with UCI

POHER Scholar Alum, Nafisa Agil presented Medical Women’s Association of Zambia - MWIA conference May 2024.

“Patients’ attitudes & perceptions towards medical student involvement in patient care at a tertiary teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya:A cross-sectional study”

Research Funding Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

👋Join us for the 13th AHUS Symposium in 2025! 🔬

This is your chance to share insights, experiences, and groundbreaking research.

📅 January 30-31, 2025

🌟 Theme: Advancements in Colorectal Surgery: Exploring Techniques, Innovations, and Perspectives

UiO - Det medisinske fakultet

Mentorship has an important role in advancing both patient care & research

The Work-In-Progress is co-chaired by Seth Bloom (@mgh_id Ragon Institute) & Dr. CHUKWUDIKE EVARISTUS (@Unical1975)

We have a diverse group of faculty members providing constructive feedback.

#globalhealth

POHER volunteer Dr Mwiza Muwowo presented Medical Women’s Association of Zambia -MWIA conference May 2024.

PROBLEM:
‼️Africa has 18% of global population, 25% of global disease burden, only about 2.5% clinical research efforts

POHER-African Association Of Future Gastroenterologists created a work-in-progress platform for presentation

#Mentalhealth disorders account for 3.14% of #Uganda ’s total disease burden. Through continued collaboration with partners, WHO Uganda supports advocacy for mental health awareness and equitable access to services to ensure a healthier world.
#NnaabagerekasBall #ShineALightUg