Isabella Epiu, MD PhD

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Postdoctoral Fellow Global Health, University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI), Makerere University

Tools like the WHO checklist can lead to better surgical outcomes in countries with limited resources. Shutterstock

March 21, 2019

Isabella Epiu, MD PhD, Makerere University

Research found that only a quarter of anaesthetists working in main referral hospitals in East Africa used the WHO safe surgical checklist.

Pregnant women waiting to see a doctor at a hospital in Uganda. Shutterstock

January 2, 2019

Isabella Epiu, MD PhD, Makerere University

If women don’t have access to quality emergency surgery, they can develop dibilitating complications such as fistula.