Surgical Care in the Solomon Islands: A Road Map for Universal Surgical Care Delivery

Abstract

Shortages in the surgical workforce can be resolved in Solomon Islands with focused training of new graduates. Training surgeons locally, in the Pacific region, can minimize the "brain drain." Redistribution of surgeons and obstetricians to the provincial hospitals can be accomplished by creating supportive connections between these hospitals, the NRH, and international medical institutions.

Challenges and Opportunities in the Provision of Surgical Care in Vanuatu: A Mixed Methods Analysis

“…Major deficits across all categories were reported in the provincial hospitals, significantly hindering their ability to provide even basic surgical care to the populations they serve. The extent of these deficits in surgical capacity is consistent with that reported in other lower-middle-income countries [11], including the Solomon Islands, the only other Pacific island nation to have published results of the WHO EESC tool [18].…”

A cross-sectional survey of essential surgical capacity in Somalia

“…Similar studies using the WHO Situational Analysis tool have been conducted in Tanzania,7 Solomon Islands,8 Gambia,9 Liberia,10 Ghana,11 Afghanistan,12 Sri Lanka,13 Sierra Leone14 and Mongolia 15…”

Water availability at hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: implications for improving access to safe surgical care

“…Of these, 19 reports described water availability at hospitals in a LMIC ( Figure 1). 23,[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47] LMICs with at least one report of water availability spanned 5 continents: Africa (11 reports; 58% of reports); Asia (4; 21%); South America (2; 11%); North and Central America (1; 5%); and Oceania (1; 5%). Reports from 3 countries, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Ghana, did not include hospital-specific data regarding water availability.…”