EDUCATION OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS- TRAINING OF SURGEONS
MALAWI:
2.3 SURGEONS PER MILLION PEOPLE
GERMANY:
~ 508 SURGEONS PER MILLION PEOPLE
ONLY 18 ICU BEDS WITH VENTILATORS ACROSS MALAWI
What if…
you suddenly developed severe abdominal pain from appendicitis? If you have the privilege of living in a Western country, you would usually be assessed and treated with surgery promptly.
But if you lived in Malawi, especially in a rural area… you might have to travel for hours along poor roads to reach the nearest hospital—only to find no trained surgeon available.
In Malawi, a readily treatable condition like appendicitis can still lead to an agonising death.
To address the severe shortage of specialist doctors, we established a surgical training programme at Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi’s Central Region.
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The programme accommodates up to 10 surgical residents at a time.
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Each year, 2 new residents join and 2 specialist surgeons graduate.
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Over ten years, the programme aims to train 20 specialist surgeons—equivalent to a 40% increase in the national total.
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We have added 3 fully operational ICU beds with ventilators, increasing national capacity by 17%.
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Graduates are qualified to train future surgeons, extending the programme’s impact.
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF MULTIPLIERS
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF MULTIPLIERS
Surgical training at an international level demands certain building structures. That's why we and our partners support the Nkhoma Hospital in the building and equipment of the "Nkhoma Teaching Center of Excellence".
The new, 5000 m2 building will host:
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7 operating rooms
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Intensive care unit with 8 beds
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Lecture rooms and offices
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Department of obstetrics and neonatal medicine with a maternity ward and a large intensive care unit for "premature babies"
