ETHIOPIA
Statistical data depicting the country’s surgical
and anesthesia infrastructure.
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The numbers below correspond to
0.07 specialist physicians
(physicians who had elected to
seek residency training) per
10,000 people and 0.002
anesthesiologists per 10,000
people. (2012) The exact number
of specialist surgeons in Ethiopia
remains
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MOST PRESSING
CHALLENGES
!!Small surgical workforce
!!Lack of medical training available
!!Shortages of central oxygen supply
and blood banks
!!Limited electricity and water supply
!!Limited access to hospital/surgical
care due to Ethiopia’s large land
mass*
*Avg. distance traveled by patients for hospital
care is 144 km.
The Global Surgical Consortium
(GSC) is 501c3 non-profit
organization dedicated to
researching and addressing surgical
and anesthesia needs in low and
middle-income countries.
According to the WHO’s country
list of World Health Systems,
Ethiopia ranks
180th
out of
190.
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