title: Anesthesiologists' demography in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa: the impact of fifteen years of Belgo-Beninese cooperation.
abstract: Belgium has been collaborating with the French-speaking University of Abomey-Calavi in Cotonou (Republic of Benin) for 15 years to train anesthesiologists for Sub-Saharan French-speaking African countries. At the end of the nineties, Sub-Saharan Africa was the only part of the world with a decreasing number of anesthesiologists. Thanks to various financial supports coming mainly from Belgian governmental cooperation funds, the program has been successful in reversing the demographic trend and even started a multiplying effect through the creation of schools for nurse-anesthetists, and through the creation of new training centers for physician anesthesiologists. Sixty-nine anesthesiologists from 13 countries graduated from Cotonou, 59 (85.5%) of whom actually choose to work in Africa. At least 40 of them teach anesthesia, playing a key role in the creation of new schools and training centers.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Anesthésie et Reanimation de la Faculté des Sciences de la Santé de l'Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Bénin BP 188, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zoumenou
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lokossou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Assouto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chobli
authors.forename: B le Polain
authors.initials: Ble P
authors.lastname: de Waroux
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baele
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D001530:Belgium; D001541:Benin; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation