Centre for Global Surgery
Current Research
Our research is framed around health systems strengthening in surgical care, improving decentralised surgical services, and understanding barriers to access to surgical care. Our current projects include:
Health Systems Strengthening
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The burden of surgical disease in the Cape Metropole
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The impact of an orthopaedic district hospital service on tertiary referrals
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The referral pattern of ophthalmology trauma in the Cape Metropole
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The impact of emergency care on reducing the need for operative intervention
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The impact of interfacility transfers on appendectomy outcomes
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Mapping surgical services in the Cape Metropole
Decentralised Surgical
Services
- The contribution of clinical associates in public sector referrals
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The design of a surgical training course for district hospital doctors
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The most common surgical conditions referred from district hospitals
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District hospital surgical capacity in South Africa
Access to Care
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The role of traditional healers in surgical care in the Eastern Cape
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Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of body altering surgery in rural Rwanda and South Africa
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mHealth as a means to improve health education of and communication with surgical patients
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Mapping access and identification of barriers to care for traumatic brain injury and chronic wounds in the Khayelitsha health district
