7) The provision of basic critical care through the equitable and systems-based implementation of essential emergency and critical care may have a substantial impact on preventable patient deaths in Africa.

6) The study showed how hospitals across Africa struggle with a serious shortage of resources to treat critically ill patients.

4) More than half of critically ill patients do not receive essential emergency and critical care. 5) The study suggests a high incidence of preventable deaths from critical illness in Africa.

2) The study included nearly 20 000 patients in 180 hospitals in 22 countries across Africa. 3) Two-thirds of critically ill patients are cared for in general hospital wards rather than in high-dependency or intensive care units.

These are our key findings: 1) 1 in 8 hospital in-patients are critically ill in Africa, of which 1 in 5 die within 7 days.

Thanks to all our brilliant ACIOS Investigators, our study looking at the prevalence of critical illness in 22 Nations in Africa has been published in the Lancet. @EECCGlobal @AfricanSOS @CCPMG_TEAM https://t.co/TupQxCDMgI

#APORG African Perioperative Research Group Board announcement @BruceBiccard @OwooChris @profmelfiky @DollyMunlemvo @alex_torborg @FBulamba Marian Kinnes

Join us for our annual APORG (African Perioperative Reseach Group) meeting on Saturday. Highlight: Large round table discussion on increasing research capacity in Africa Register: https://t.co/opwXgKbM1Q Programme:

Happy World Anaesthesia Day #WAD from #APORG African Perioperative Research Group. Join #ASOSPaeds today. Following on from #ASOS #ASOS2 #ACCCOS @wfsaorg

This is the work of APORG (African Perioperative Research Group). Patient care and clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to African high-care or intensive care units (ACCCOS): a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study

Successful @AmCollSurgeons #acsqcs inclusive of quality in global Surgery thank you to @JohnMeara @emakasa and @cliffordkomd @TomVargheseJr @JosephSakran @pturnermd @GlobalSurg @AfricanSOS @ACSPastPrez98 @HPB_Surgeon @drcdevries @HPB_Surgeon

@ewenharrison @JohnMeara @GlobalSurg @dnepo @NIHR_GSU @gttefera @emakasa @ramosdelamedina @kathryn_chu_sa @Bethune2019 @ladysurgeonsa @RiinuOts @sr_knight1 @Atul_Gawande @TheophilusTeddy @AfricanSOS @janetmartinwho This could be the largest, global, multicentre study on Cancer outcomes, great efforts from all participants

When I finally found Estcourt Hospital they were doing a fab job! Thanks team 👍 #ASOS2 @AfricanSOS

Beautiful views flying into visit Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital. Great teamwork here meant >100 pts in 4 weeks. Time to capture that data! #ASOS2 @AfricanSOS

The #ASOS2 trial is looking for more hospitals and countries to participate in Africa! We need you. We currently have about 400 hospitals in 30 countries. We need 650 hospitals for #ASOS2. If you are keen to participate please contact us. https://t.co/M1RtkjoG8r @AfricanSOS

@AfricanSOS advocates in #Utstein. @EmiSuzukiPhD published 'Why are people dying following surgery in Africa?' https://t.co/VYslrL5Qiq via @WorldBank And @JulianGoreBooth @wfsaorg funded @WFSA_ASOS2 for #ASOS2 process evaluation. Thank you

Check out the @topmedtalk interview with @BruceBiccard on #ASOS2

This study is the 1st African study to externally validate the ASOS Surgical Risk Calculator, and finds Nigerian #surgical outcomes consistent with @africanSOS @BabatundeOsina1 Nigerian surgical outcomes – A report of 7-DAY prospective cohort stud...

Playing with text mining in R using the #ASOS2 pilot trial data. Involvement of nursing staff and hospital management in local hospital investigator teams is critical for addressing resource limitations in postoperative period. It is May and #ASOS2 is underway. Go @AfricanSOS!