This webinar will focus on early detection and referral of children born with correctable life-threatening congenital anomalies, the current state and needs of pediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa, and efforts that can be made towards saving the lives of children born with congenital anomalies in resource poor settings.

Speakers:
Prof. Emmanuel A. Ameh, Pediatric Surgeon, Division of Paediatric Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
Title: Impact of Paediatric Surgery workforce gaps on surgically correctable congenital anomalies in SSA

Dr Phyllis Kisa, Pediatric Surgeon, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Paediatric Surgery Foundation, Kampala Uganda
Title: Early identification of correctable life-threatening congenital anomalies and the Paediatric Emergency Surgical Course (PESC)