Increased Surgical Capacity

Provide a trauma course at all 1st level hospitals

Provide surgical airways, tube thoracostomy, trauma laparotomy, management of non-displaced fractures, external fixator placement, escharotomy/fasciotomy, trauma-related amputations, skin grafting and burr holes.

Establish designated trauma teams trained in Advanced Trauma and Life Support management as per laid down guidelines and procedures.

Treat patients within two hours of injury

Train non-physician providers in recognition of surgical oncologic conditions and treatment of paediatric surgical emergencies and recognition of children with neonatal conditions, congenital malfunctions and burns (after stabilisation)

Train OBS/GYN teams to provide EMONC services

Train level 1 providers to provide emergency hysterectomy

Train level 2 and 3 anesthesia providers in pain management services on labour wards

Establish high dependency units at level 2 and 3 hospitals. Strengthen countrywide mentorship for surgery, obstetrics and anesthesia at the district level.

Train OBS/GYN teams to provide EMONC services

Train level 1 providers to provide emergency hysterectomy

Train level 2 and 3 anesthesia providers in pain management services on labour wards

Train non-physician providers in recognition of surgical oncologic conditions and treatment of paediatric surgical emergencies and recognition of children with neonatal conditions, congenital malfunctions and burns (after stabilisation)

Train OBS/GYN teams to provide EMONC services

Train level 1 providers to provide emergency hysterectomy

Train level 2 and 3 anesthesia providers in pain management services on labour wards

My team and i well experienced and knowledgeable in handling the patients, the team has over twenty years experience in surgical, obstetric and anesthesia care having worked in public institutions and private institutions. The team has wide experience in running programs of different projects in relation to surgical, obstetric and anesthesia care.

The team a i is the right one to design and deliver the solution to the target population as the needs of the Zambia in population is well vested by the team since the team members have had exposure of managing health institutions especially in the rural districts of Zambia.

Further, the challenges of obstetric care are well noted by the team from surveys and reports from the performance assessments conducted the urban and rural districts health facilities. The team has experience and presence in the rural districts in all the ten provinces in Zambia. The interactions with communities based workers is what emphasized as a reliable mode of implementing community health care services. The team members are the heads of institutions in the communities, in the urban and rural district. The team members work closely with community members. The community members are engaged in surveys, questionnaires to extract their needs from the services they receive.

The challenge will ensure that the the solution if financial established in that the needed equipments and materials will be purchased so as to have a stable financial base. The challenge will harmonize the gender gap as regards obstetric care. The cultural challenge of always thinking only women must visit health facilities will be addressed by the challenge.

The solution provides a significantly improved approach to the problem in that the needs of the patients would be well known since the solution would be established in the rural health care facilities. The solution  would ensure that the women in the rural facilities access maternal and obstetric care  within the required time instead of the referrals to bigger institutions, the delays normally disadvantage the women who end up dying before accessing the services. The change would bring about improved access to better health services.

Ensure equal access to safe surgical care for all

Ensure equal access to equitable obstetric care

Ensure access to efficient anesthesia to all patients.

The goals would be achieved by establishing well equipped health facilities in the rural community centres.

The performance assessment tool covering all areas that the solution focuses on is being used.

The solution will reduce the high rate of maternal deaths being recorded in the health sector. The solution will contribute to the attainment of the sustainable development goal number 2, 3 and 5.

Maternal health app, SMS technology, decentralised data capturing tool.

The team respects and upholds diversity. The team is gender balanced.

The key beneficiaries are the rural community as they do not have good health care services. The rural health facilities are usually incapacitated in terms of medical equipments and trained health care workers.

The development of grant proposals by introducing new ides will be upheld by the team.

The solution would be extended to private individuals and urban centres so as to deduce profits from the services to be provided.