Newsletter Articles
Medical Assistance Journal
Urology Equipment Gift to Ethiopia
The Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal made a gift of a substantial quantity of urology equipment to the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa. Dr. Clark Jamieson delivered the equipment to Ethiopia in time for the Dilla ESS workshop in February. The gift, which included retrograde catheters, stents and stone baskets, was greatly appreciated by both the SSE and the Hospital. The addition of a urology component of the Essential Surgical Skills workshop contributes significantly to the comprehensiveness of the course.
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Expansion of Essential Surgical Skills (ESS) Training Programs
Masaka, Uganda
An exciting meeting was held in Masaka to look at the expansion of the Essential Surgical Skills Training programs. Mozambique was represented by Professor Ricardo Barrades, Dr. E. Chavuma attended from Zambia, from Uganda was Professor Ignatius Kakande, and Professor Milimba came from Kenya. The plan is to transfer the ESS course to Ethiopia, then to Uganda and then to phase into other African countries. We have been training Canadian facilitators, but we hope to be using African surgeons as facilitators in other African countries as facilitators in a South-South collaboration. The countries involved are Ethiopia and Uganda, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya and Zambia.
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The Kawempe Division Injury Prevention Association (KDIPA)
The objective of the Injury Prevention Program is the reduction of the need for surgery by reducing injury. The Kawempe Division Injury Prevention Association (KDIPA) is a community based organization which was formed because of the injury surveillance activities of the Injury Control Centre - Uganda (ICC-U) which was established in 1997. The KDIPA is supported by the work of Dr. Olive Kobusingye, a trauma epidemiologist. The work of the KDIPA has had an impact in Uganda, but is influencing countries through collaborations with INCLEN and WHO. Ethiopia, Kenya, Egypt, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South African are all working towards programs in injury prevention. The expertise developed at KDIPA in Uganda is being shared with collaborating African countries.
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Surgical Society of Ethiopias Second Annual Conference
The surgical Society of Ethiopia held its Second Annual Conference in Addis Ababa in December. 97 members and guests attended.
Twelve papers were presented at the Conference. The 12 papers covered: gastrointestinal tract malignancies, vesical stones, appendicitis, emergency obstetric operations, oesophageal carcinoma, small bowel volvulus, biliary ascariasis with acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis, ameloblastoma, pattern of surgical admissions, cancer of the lower gastrointestinal tract, urinary diversion by ileal-conduit, and gastric outlet obstruction.
The CNIS supported this event in the amount of CAD$1,000. These CNIS monies contributed to cover expenses of surgeons from outside of Addis who presented papers.
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