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Capacity building means local surgeons, trained teams, and infrastructure that lasts. In Sierra Leone, a country of eight million that had no neurosurgeon until 2025, that work is underway.
A country of eight million had no neurosurgeon until January 2025. These are the foundations built since.
Every program follows the same sequence: understand the need, train local teams, equip them, and hand over leadership. Treat. Educate. Empower.
2023 assessment led by Drs. Megan Still, Kee Park, and Tariq Khan, alongside Sierra Leone's clinicians.
Two surgeons and 24 nurses trained so far. The nurses now teach the next cohort themselves.
A donated Doppler ultrasound replaced equipment the hospital previously rented at cost per case.
The Sierra Leone chapter and the Connaught team lead the program. Local leadership is the goal.
This work is not finished, and the constraints are daily ones.
Six concrete programs. Each one backed by a real initiative, not a promise.
Two surgeons trained and now operating in Sierra Leone.
Twenty-four nurses certified and now teaching the next cohort.
A donated Doppler unit now supports complex cases that previously required costly per-use rentals.
A hospital fund covering care for patients who cannot pay. Sababu is Creole for helping those in need.
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