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The mobile CT scan is a gamechanger for the care of the neurosurgical patient, and h y saved lives the first week in action.   It has been donated from Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden. SANC member Pascal Goswell, assistant nurse from Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm is interviewed about the CT and SANCs missions in the Gambia. He has arranged the transportation of the CT as well as the training of the local staff in using it. 

Sierra Leone has a population of over 8.5 million people, yet the country has no neurosurgeons. In this video, Magnus Tisell, neurosurgeon at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and Ulrika Sandvik, neurosurgeon at Karolinska University Hospital, share more about their efforts from Freetown, Sierra Leone.

For many Africans   neurosurgery is out of reach due to lack   of neurosurgical services  and also  out of pocket costs if they are operated .  During the second SANC mission in Enugu, Nigeria,  residents are treated  for free and  Drs  Enoch Uche from Enugu Nigeria and Jimmy Sundblom from Uppsala highlight  the need for providing better, available   and affordable neurosurgical care.

Training trips, online courses, and collaboration via WhatsApp—plus a ten-day visit from Nigerian and Ghanaian neurosurgeons last summer. The partnership between Swedish and African neurosurgeons is now well-established and expanding to more countries, a development that delights its initiator, Magnus Tisell.

The lack of access to surgical care is one of the world's most pressing health challenges. Developing long-term, sustainable solutions to improve global access to surgery is of utmost importance.
Published in Neurology, Issue 1, 2021

For neurosurgeon Magnus Tisell, making a difference is the driving force. For 25 years, he has performed life-saving surgeries on children and adults with tumors, malformations, and traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries. Since 2016, he has also been operating in Africa—where the need, and the impact, is even greater.