Table 1.
Facility size and scope
| Type of facility | Population served | Scope of surgical practice | Volume of surgery/year |
| Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo, 2013 | 2 million | ||
| Referral hospital (n=2) | Neurosurgery, orthopaedics, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetric and gynaecology | 2000 surgeries | |
| Base hospital (n=2) | General surgery, trauma and caesarean sections | 1000 surgeries | |
| Antananarivo, Madagascar, 2014 | 1.4 million | ||
| University hospitals (n=11) | Includes largest hospital and leading paediatric hospital in Madagascar | 14 300 surgeries | |
| District hospitals (n=3) | General surgery and caesarean sections | 4780 surgeries | |
| Health centre (n=3) | General medicine and maternity | 720 surgeries | |
| Cotonou, Benin, 2015 | 0.67 million | ||
| University hospitals (n=1) | Largest government-funded hospital in Benin, main teaching hospital | 17 600 surgeries | |
| Smaller government-funded (n=2) | General surgery and obstetrics | 5475 surgeries | |
| Private hospital (n=2) | General surgery and obstetrics | 4020 surgeries | |
| Zone hospital (n=6) | General surgeries, caesarean sections and obstetrics | 4440 surgeries; 3200+ deliveries | |
| Health centre (n=27) | Minor procedures and obstetrics | 12 620 procedures; 14 500 deliveries | |
| Total number of facilities (n=49) | 4.07 million | 79 935 (1964 procedures per 100 000 population) |
ENT, ear, nose and throat.