West Africa Archives - Surgeons Overseas

Nigeria

February 9, 2015

Cancer is a rapidly growing problem in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The NCI, UN, and WHO have all recognized this as a global health priority. In addition to infectious related cancers that traditionally exist in sub Saharan Africa, there … Continued

January 19, 2015

In 2008, SOS began collaborating with surgeons in Sierra Leone. The first undertaking was an assessment of surgical capacity at all government hospitals. The results showed that the hospitals in Sierra Leone were in poorer condition than hospitals during the US Civil War in 1864.