Doctor | Anaesthesia & Global Surgery Enthusiasts| Husband | Dad | Photographer | Mountain explorer
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined February 2015
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Grateful for this opportunity to visit the Beating Heart of Africa #Burundi
We had the first day of our Introduction to Global Surgery Workshop in Bujumbura as a COSECSA pre-conference workshop with the Burundi Surgical Society. Convened by @MrsMaswime with @Spdpleroux @p_shins @mugishankoronko
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We will be running an Introduction to Global Surgery course in Bujumbura on the 28 & 29 November. Register now to secure your space: form.jotform.com/24282375644… @cosecsa @MrsMaswime @UCT_news
Back from the @icigs2025 Innovations in Global Surgery (ICIGS) Conference 2025 in Blantyre, Malawi & still processing all the inspiration, insight, and shared commitment that filled the room.
#ICIGS2025 #GlobalSurgery #InnovationInHealth #RuralHealth #BurnCare #Anaesthesia
Grateful for the opportunity to share our work in Anaesthesia & Burn Care training at rural hospitals in South Africa. A privilege to reflect with others working in similar contexts, & to learn from so many who are working to improve surgical care in resource-limited settings.
It was also an honour to join a thought-provoking panel on Sustainable Financing and the circular economy in Global Surgery — an area that will only grow in importance as we strive for lasting, equitable change.
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Join the Executive leadership in Global Surgery Class of 2025 at UCT’s Graduate School of Business. Applications closing soon.
gsb.uct.ac.za/executive-educ…
Grateful to have been part of this #globalsurgery initiative - a step towars unleashing District Hospital Burn Care potential.
A powerful Burn Care Collab btw @globaluct, ECDOH, @BurnCareTrustSA @Globalsurgams,@WalterSisuluUni & inspiring frontline clinicians from x7 District Hsptls took us to the Eastern Cape for the inaugural Basics of Burn Care workshop @ Butterworth Hosp.
Step1✅ - 👀 this space
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“We don’t just want to make individuals better at providing burn care - we want to build a better, safer, sustainable & more equitable burn care service for the most vulnerable in our communities”
A shared #globalsurgery dream of faculty&delegates @ the #burncarecollab workshop
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Through her research, Dr Oluchi Mbamalu is passionate about enhancing engagement between patients and healthcare workers to improve post-surgical outcomes in Africa. Full story: bit.ly/4d6R2tz. #UCTResearch
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One month to go to the International Congress in Innovations in Global Surgery
icigs2024.co.za – at Hout Bay, South Africa
Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy – at Uppsala, Sverige
My book 'Safer Surgery for Africa: Challenges and Solutions'. Paperback up for sale on Amazon now. Kindle version end of next week. Write a review, please. amazon.com/dp/0796153116?ref… ☝️US Amazon link as example. Use your local Amazon website to order.
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South Africa introduced the vax in 2014 focusing on 9 yr old girls as part of a school health program. Will be great if MICs get a cheaper option to expand the program to more girls as well as boys
The human papillomavirus is the leading cause of #cervicalcancer worldwide, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. Here’s everything you need to know about the life-saving HPV vaccine: bit.ly/474ohf8 #VaccinesWork
Immensely proud of my boss and friend Salome Maswime as we celebrate her Full Professorship on the occasion of her Inaugural Lecture.
An inspiration in her bravery, work ethic, enthusiasm and humility.
Can’t wait to see what is yet to come!
@MrsMaswime @GlobalUct @HealThink
Anyone out there have some advice on this? – at Cape Town, South Africa
Are there any other options for qualitative software other than @NVivoSoftware and Atlas?
The pricing for multi-user work is prohibitive & we would love some other options for shared coding with colleagues who not at the same place?
@gabereedy @WalterEppich @willem_stassen
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Today we launch the University of the Future project @UCT_news – at Cape Town, South Africa
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Attention #GlobalSurgery Community! Help me welcome my friend @wwmorriss, the current president of @wfsaorg, by following him! @theG4Alliance @HarvardPGSSC @surgfoundation
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Please sign on to this declaration to end #Cervicalcancer! While vaccination is the long-term solution, detection & treatment (including #surgicalcare) are a must.
#WHA76 @HarvardPGSSC @theG4Alliance @surgfoundation @wfsaorg @FIGOHQ @GawandeUSAID
cervicalcancerdeclaration.or…
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Discouraging numbers, which require a concerted and collaborative effort to address across the health system.
On #GlobalSurgeryDay, these discussions are as relevant as ever before: globalsurgeryfoundation.org/…
#WHA76 #CxCaSurgery #GSD2023
90% of global #cervicalcancer deaths in 2020 occurred in low-and middle-income countries: it’s encouraging to see global health champions at #WHA76, convening around a shared vision to expand #HPV vaccination coverage
@ChrisJElias @UNICEFhealth
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There is no #GlobalSurgery without #GlobalAnesthesia.
In some countries, anesthesia mortality is as high as 1 in 133-1000 due to workforce & resource constraints.
Surgery is not enough. #SafeSurgery is needed.
wfsahq.org/resources/workfor… @wfsaorg
#WHA76 #GlobalSurgeryDay #GSD2023
