Clinical Services and Social Impact

Social Impact​

Our work improves the health and economic productivity of persons with surgical conditions

Rural and urban communities have better knowledge of surgical conditions
Our stakeholder trainings improve access to surgical care
We are creating a pipeline of global surgery researchers in Africa
Policymakers are adopting mechanisms to strengthen surgical systems

Indigenous Knowledge Healers and Diabetes Screening, 11-15 March 2024, Madwaleni, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

The Centre for Global Surgery team spent a week in Madwaleni in the rural Eastern Cape educating indigenous knowledge healers on diabetes and foot infection. The team held focus groups, two days of training, and a multi-stakeholder workshop. Healers were trained on the basics of diabetes and foot infection and taught to use screening tools for risk assessment​