Describing trauma patient characteristics and care provided at a referral hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania: a prospective cross-sectional study.

Background: Over 90% of trauma deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The trauma burden in Tanzania is similar to the global rate of 10% and road traffic injuries result in a 40% mortality. To understand epidemiology of trauma referrals and care we aimed to describe the patients presenting to a tertiary, referral hospital in Tanzania for trauma care, their injuries and mechanism of injury, and describe the care received.

Introduction of WHO BEC course for nurses at Bugando Medical Center in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Introduction: The Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course is an open-access training designed for frontline providers in low resource settings which focuses on recognizing and managing emergent conditions. This study describes the implementation of the BEC course for nurses at Bugando Medical Center (BMC) in Mwanza, Tanzania in March 2020 as part of an educational initiative to improve nurses' knowledge and confidence in providing emergency care.

Methods: This is a 2-week educational intervention with pre-post measurements.

Risk factors for physician burnout: a perspective from Tanzania.

Introduction: while physician burnout has been studied in high-income countries, more research is necessary on burnout in lesser-income regions such as Tanzania. This study aimed to determine levels of burnout in Tanzanian physicians and to understand the contributing risk factors for burnout in this region.

Methods: the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS) was adapted to assess burnout in Tanzanian physicians.

An International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in Tanzania.

Emergency medicine (EM) is rapidly being recognized as a specialty around the globe. This has particular promise for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that experience the largest burden of disease for emergency conditions. Specialty education and training in EM remain essentially an apprenticeship model.

Recognition and Management of Pediatric Sepsis in a Resource-Limited Emergency Department in Mwanza, Tanzania: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: The World Health Organization aims to reduce worldwide under-five mortality rates (U5MR), with a focus on resource-limited settings (RLS). Tanzania reports a mean U5MR of 54 per 1000 live births, largely due to treatable infectious diseases that may lead to sepsis, accounting for 40% of the under-five deaths. Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza, Tanzania represents a resource-limited setting in Sub-Saharan Africa and estimates a 14% pediatric mortality rate.