21Apr, 2014

MNAZI MMOJA NED INSTITUTE

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During one of our stays in Zanzibar, in August 2009, we carried out the first brain tumor operation in the island’s history: a one and a half year old boy with a giant brain neoplasm in a coma. The operation was successful and, after one week, the patient was discharged. This fact had a great media impact throughout the region, so that the President of the Republic was interested in the case. The enthusiasm and footprint of this event were so formidable that the Zanzibar Ministry of Health facilitated in […]
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3Mar, 2011

NEUROANATOMY WORKSHOP COURSES IN AFRICA

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  The aim is to improve Neurosurgical training through practical teaching and Neuroanatomy through the organization of courses in different hospitals in the region. An additional important aspect has been the signing to build an African Institute of Neurological Sciences in Nairobi. This Institute should be a great instrument for the practical teaching of neurosurgery in Africa.
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