Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons. The Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS) is a strategic response to the need for surgeons in Africa. They are a non-denominational, multinational service organization training African physicians to become surgeons who are willing to remain in Africa to meet this need. PAACS also disciples these residents to share the love and gospel of Jesus Christ with their patients. The surgical and spiritual training of these residents is offered at several well-established evangelical mission hospitals in Africa, under the direction of experienced, board certified missionary surgeons.
College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa. The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) is non-profit making professional body that fosters postgraduate education in surgery and provides surgical training throughout the East, Central and Southern Africa region. The College delivers a common surgical training programme with a common examination and an internationally recognized surgical qualification in its Membership programme in Basic Surgery and Fellowship Programme in Orthopedics; Pediatric orthopedics; Otorhinolaryngology; Urology; Pediatric Surgery; Neurosurgery; Cardiothoracic; Plastic Surgery and General Surgery.
The Neurosurgical Atlas by Aaron Cohen-Gadol M.D. "Each video or chapter in the ATLAS describes the unspoken secrets for safe and efficient performance of complex brain operations. In essence, using the ATLAS, the surgeon can practice the operation the night before the surgery. The ATLAS has transformed neurosurgical education across the globe. "
The Bassett Fellowship - FIENS. "The Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery (FIENS) offers an international traveling fellowship for neurosurgeons who, at the time of their application, are either training in a residency program in a low or middle income country or who have completed residency training in a low or middle income country within the past five years.The fellowship will cover the travel and living expenses for a three-month period to be spent observing the activities of a neurosurgical service that has an established relationship with FIENS. Fellowships will be awarded yearly on the basis of a competitive evaluation by a committee composed of FIENS members. The maximum fellowship stipend is $7000."
Child-Help International. Child-Help International "helps children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in the Global South.Shortly after birth, this means surgery. The back has to be closed surgically and if the baby develops hydrocephalus, it needs a shunt to drain the excess brain fluid. To guarantee the quality of care, training and quality control of all persons involved is needed: children, parents, self-help organisations, nurses, paediatricians, paramedics and surgeons. Where necessary, Child-Help gives the missing medical materials and in all the projects, it supports the parent groups."
Giving Tree Medical Charity. Giving Tree helps equip physicians in low and middle income settings with vital medical supplies.
NeuroKids. NeuroKids connects neurosurgeons with the mentoring, equipment, and training necessary to make the best care accessible to all children with hydrocephalus, spina bifida, and other neurosurgically treatable conditions. With their model, they aim "to create regional hubs from which to propagate networks in North & West Africa, the Middle East, Central & Southern Asia and South America, intentionally pursuing a self-replicating model that is not dependent on American involvement."
Open Manual of Surgery in Resource-Limited Settings. From Vanderbilt University Medical Center: "We will build a community that uses its own experience, knowledge, and resources to create a high quality, open-source, online, low bandwidth Manual for surgeons practicing in resource-limited environments, including a surgical atlas.”