Shortage of Anesthesiologists in East Africa: Can Training Programs Keep Up?
In four East African countries—Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi—there's a big problem when it comes to anesthesiologists. By 2015, these countries had way too few anesthesiologists. On average, there were only 0. 30 physician anesthesia providers (PAPs) for every 100, 000 people. That's a far cry from the 5. 0 per 100, 000 that the World Federation of Societies of ...