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Rwanda inaugurated IRCAD (Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l’Appareil Digestif) Africa, the only center on the continent that deals in research and training to help train Africa’s next generation of medical professionals in minimally invasive surgery.
Rwanda-based IRCAD Africa has trained more than 300 African surgeons in minimally invasive surgery, as the African continent tries to address the great disparity between high and low-income countries in the use of these high-tech surgical operations.
Rwanda inaugurated IRCAD (Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l’Appareil Digestif) Africa, the only center on the continent that deals in research and training to help train Africa’s next generation of medical professionals in minimally invasive surgery.
Minimally invasive surgery is a modern medical technology that minimizes pain and trauma on patients, allowing for shorter periods spent in the hospital, a lower risk of bleeding and infection, and a speedy recovery. In Africa, many states still use traditional surgery that requires long and painful operations and long periods of recovery, health officials said.
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Founded in 1994, IRCAD – French Institute for Research into Cancer of the Digestive System – has since become a world leader in advancing and teaching minimally invasive surgery (MIS).It is expected that the introduction of MIS in low- and middle-income countries will reduce mortality associated with surgery in hospitals where there are poor health facilities. IRCAD Africa is a branch of IRCAD France.
