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. 2022 Mar 28;7(1):e21.00043. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.21.00043

TABLE II.

Summary of the Demographics from Phase 2A Respondents*

Country (N = 33) Total Job Role (N = 18) Total Subspecialty (N = 13) Total Sector (N = 7) Total
Tanzania 26 T&O consultant 76 General 77 Government 168
Ethiopia 23 Registrar/resident 53 Trauma 41 Government and private 20
Malawi 23 General surgeon 25 General trauma 26 Private 19
Cameroon 14 Non-clinician 14 Not specified 20 Mission/faith-based 16
Nigeria 12 T&O fellow 14 General surgery 17 Academic 1
South Africa 11 General practitioners 11 Arthroplasty 13 Medical student 1
Togo 11 T&O doctor not in training 7 Pediatrics 9 NGO 1
Burundi 10 T&O surgical assistant 6 Soft tissue (knee/sports) 8
Ghana 10 Nurse 4 Limb reconstruction 6
Kenya 10 Consultant general surgeon 4 Hands 3
Gambia 8 Intern/house officer 3 Foot and ankle 2
Rwanda 7 Physiotherapist 2 Oncology 2
Zimbabwe 7 Nurse assistant 2 Spine 2
Benin 6 Anesthetist 1
Ivory Coast 6 Assistant medical technician 1
Zambia 6 General surgical assistant 1
Gabon 5 Neurosurgeon 1
Mozambique 4 T&O clinical officer 1
DRC 4
Chad 3
Senegal 3
South Sudan 3
Burkina Faso 2
CAR 2
Guinea 2
Botswana 1
Libya 1
Mauritius 1
Namibia 1
Niger 1
Sierra Leone 1
Sudan 1
Uganda 1
Total 226 226 226 226
*

Non-clinician = clinical officer, nurse practitioner, or bone setter; T&O = trauma & orthopaedics; DRC = Democratic Republic of the Congo; CAR = Central African Republic; and NGO = nongovernmental organization.