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Table 2 Total Participants for 2022 and 2023

From: A synchronous virtual surgical lecture series on cardiothoracic, vascular, oncology, and transplant surgery for surgical trainees in Sub-Saharan Africa: the COSECSA learner perspectives

Country (N = 48)

Yr 2022

(N = 977)

n (%)

Yr 2023

(N = 1038)

n (%)

Afghanistan

-

-

1

0.1%

Angola

-

-

6

0.6%

Australia

-

-

1

0.1%

Benin

1

0.1%

-

-

Botswana

-

-

1

0.1%

Brazil

-

-

1

0.1%

Bulgaria

2

0.2%

-

-

Burundi

13

1.3%

11

1.1%

Cameroon

7

0.7%

5

0.5%

Canada

3

0.3%

-

-

Congo

5

0.5%

16

1.5%

Egypt

1

0.1%

-

-

Eswatini

2

0.2%

2

0.2%

Ethiopia

309

31.7%

113

10.9%

France

1

0.1%

-

-

Gabon

-

-

8

0.8%

Gambia

-

-

1

0.1%

Ghana

1

0.1%

1

0.1%

Hungary

-

-

1

0.1%

India

2

0.2%

-

-

Indonesia

1

0.1%

-

-

Jordan

1

0.1%

-

-

Kenya

174

17.8%

245

23.6%

Lesotho

3

0.3%

10

1.0%

Liberia

3

0.3%

5

0.5%

Malawi

49

5.0%

47

4.5%

Mozambique

4

0.4%

31

3.0%

Namibia

15

1.5%

32

3.1%

Niger

5

0.5%

6

0.6%

Nigeria

13

1.3%

1

0.1%

Pakistan

1

0.1%

-

-

Portugal

-

-

1

0.1%

Rwanda

58

5.9%

54

5.2%

Seychelles

-

-

1

0.1%

Sierra Leone

-

-

1

0.1%

Somalia

8

0.8%

9

0.9%

South Africa

1

0.1%

2

0.2%

South Sudan

4

0.4%

12

1.2%

Sudan

16

1.6%

23

2.2%

Tanzania

49

5.0%

93

9.0%

Turkey

-

-

1

0.1%

Uganda

88

9.0%

160

15.4%

Ukraine

1

0.1%

-

-

United Arab Emirates

1

0.1%

-

-

United Kingdom

2

0.2%

1

0.1%

United States

34

3.5%

3

0.3%

Zambia

56

5.7%

93

9.0%

Zimbabwe

41

4.2%

39

3.8%

Unknown

2

0.2%

-

-