King Faisal Hospital Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
King Faisal Hospital Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Oct 23;9(10):e015649. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015649.
Paediatric cardiovascular diseases have been referred to as diseases of injustice as access to care is inequitable globally. For example, Africa only has 78 cardiac centres, with 22 located in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most of these centres rely on visiting surgical teams to provide clinical care. While visiting surgical teams provide essential care, building a sustainable and locally run cardiac workforce in Africa is critical to addressing these inequities in access to care. This paper considers the role of south-to-south partnerships in building sustainable surgical programmes using Rwanda's paediatric cardiac surgery programme as an example.
儿科心血管疾病被称为不公正的疾病，因为在全球范围内，获得医疗的机会是不平等的。例如，非洲只有 78 个心脏中心，其中 22 个位于撒哈拉以南非洲地区。这些中心大多数依赖于巡回手术团队提供临床护理。虽然巡回手术团队提供了必要的护理，但在非洲建立一个可持续的、由当地人管理的心脏医疗团队对于解决这些医疗服务机会不平等的问题至关重要。本文以卢旺达儿科心脏外科学术计划为例，探讨了南南合作在建立可持续手术计划中的作用。
