Safe surgery for every child, implementation of paediatric anaesthesia training in Nigeria

Purpose of review Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and 43.5% of its population is under 15 years. Most of these children do not have access to specialized paediatric anaesthesia care when needed, as there are only few paediatric anaesthetists in the country. We highlight the barriers to safe anaesthesia in children, present training opportunities in paediatric anaesthesia and the need for additional, more extensive training in Nigeria. Recent findings The Nigerian paediatric anaesthesia workforce is minimal with a dismal paediatric anaesthetist to child density of 0.028 per 100 000 children
Source: Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA: Edited by Christiane Beck Source Type: research