Operating Together: Challenges and Solutions for Sustaining Impactful Global Health Partnerships From 18 years of the RCSI/COSECSA Surgical Training Collaboration
The RCSI/COSECSA collaboration program demonstrates that, over time, global health partnerships can play a transformational role in improving health outcomes in low-resource settings, while also benefitting high-income partners. Analysis of the development of the collaboration offers practical strategies for the development of other global health partnerships.
Authors
- Lucia Brocato
- Eric S. Borgstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6491-5152)
- J Fualal
- Eric O’Flynn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4163-8572)
- Godfrey Sama Philipo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-8101)
- J. Geraghty
- Declan Magee
- Juan Carlos Puyana
- Wakisa Mulwafu
- Laston Chikoya
Institutions
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IE)
- University of Malawi (MW)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Mulago Hospital (UG)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Lusaka Apex Medical University (ZM)
- St. Vincent's University Hospital (IE)
- Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology (MW)
- University of Global Health Equity (RW)
- East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (TZ)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.70273
- Primary Topic
- Global Health and Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00