Case Volume Distribution in the Mozambican Pediatric General Surgery Training Unit

In 2010, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) established a partnership with the Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM) to improve pediatric surgical capacity and training for a population of 20 million in the sub-Saharan African country of Mozambique. HCM has the only pediatric general surgery training center in the country; there are only two faculty trained in pediatric surgery and two post-graduate trainees. The objectives of this study were to characterize pediatric general surgery admissions and compare the distribution of cases with North American training programs in order to better inform academic partnership efforts.