COST-Africa

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Project Summary

• Clinical Officer surgical training in Africa (COST-Africa) is a research project which has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 266417
• It designed, implemented and is currently evaluating a scalable Clinical Officer (CO) surgical training programme in Malawi and Zambia

• The result will be proof-of-concept that surgery can be delivered cost-effectively, safely and bring important health benefits to patients attending district hospitals in these two countries

  

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