TITLE: COSECSA Surgical Audits and Standards Collaboration (COSurgASC) Background: The College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) and other surgical training institution have made significant strides in contributing to surgical workforce, by providing quality surgical education in the region. COSECSA aims to develop a Surgical Audit and Standards Network and implement surgical audits to assess baseline surgical practice and outcomes in COSECSA training sites, and identify areas of Quality Improvement for patients undergoing surgery in the accredited hospitals in the ECSA region. Data will be gathered for the purpose of proposing dedicated COSECSA standards and help in conducting surgical audits against these set standards. Potential benefits: Hospitals and surgeons will be provided with tools to collect data on surgeries they perform Become part of the Regional Surgical Care Audits and Standards Network, and that will look into existing surgical standards and contextualize them for use in the region The project will come up with Minimal Dataset that can inform countries in the formation of Surgical Registries Opportunity for Research capacity building among Fellows and Surgeons Provide data for informing Continuous Professional Development on the areas of potential improvement of patient outcomes. Participating surgeons will be listed as co-authors in any resulting manuscript Team Members: Dr Godfrey Sama Philipo COSECSA – Tanzania Dr. Vihar Kotecha Bugando Medical Center - Tanzania Dr. Michael Mwachiro Tenwek Hospital - ESRC Chair Stella Itungu COSECSA – Tanzania Prof Juan Carlos Puyana RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme - Ireland Lucia Brocato RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme - Ireland Niraj Bachheta COSECSA – Tanzania Dr Wongel Tena Lead - Ethiopia Lucy Kaomba Lead – Malawi Dr Temesgen Nane Co-Lead – Ethiopia Dr Nathalie Umugwaneza, Lead - Rwanda Funding Source: Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs under the RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme (CP). To participate and be part of the COSECSA Audit and Standards Network, please write to us through the, Research and Patient Outcomes Coordinator at: rpo.coordinator@cosecsa.org