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Editorial
. 2023 Feb 1;109(2):91-93.
doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000216.

The state of African surgical research capacity: highlighting the current efforts, challenges, and recommendations - Editorial

Andrew A Wireko  1 , Pearl Ohenewaa Tenkorang  2 , Favour Tope Adebusoye  1 , Aashna Mehta  3 , Jyi Cheng Ng  4 , Owusu Yaa Asieduwaa  5 , Anastasia Fosuah Debrah  1 , Victor Nkemsinachi Oti  6 , Toufik Abdul-Rahman  1 , Vladyslav Sikora  1
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Editorial

The state of African surgical research capacity: highlighting the current efforts, challenges, and recommendations - Editorial

Andrew A Wireko et al. Int J Surg. .
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Figure 1
Countries with the highest number of scientific publications in comparison to African nations. The African continent has nearly 1.2 billion people accounting for just 7.6% of all scientific papers published worldwide between 2001 and 2018. The top 15 countries produced 76% of the world’s papers (from 2010 to 2020), highlighting huge research gaps and inequities globally (created with Mapchart.net),.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The efforts of various organizations, as well as the challenges that Africa still faces in surgical research and recommendations. ASOS, African Surgical Outcome Study; COSECSA, College of Surgeons of East, Central and South Africa; ORCA, Orthopedic Research Collaboration in Africa; WFNS, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (created with Canva).
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