Mobile Oases in Surgical Deserts

Surgery, Obstetrics, Trauma Care, Anesthesia (SOTA) in the most remote regions of the world.

We exist to provide the infrastructure and logistics to increase the presence and professionalism of regional SOTA care.

With our partners, the SOTA Convoys (SOTAC) team teaches and provides basic life-saving and life-changing procedures to areas where people are too poor, too remote, or too debilitated to access it themselves.

SOTA Convoys

Surgery

11% of the global disease burden can be treated through surgical procedures.

Obstetrics

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world.

Trauma

About 4.4 million people die from injury each year with over 90% of injury deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.

Anesthesia

There are only 237 anesthesiologists in East Africa to see more than 142.9 million people.

5 billion people have no access to surgical care.

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Envisioning a Healthier World

We believe the world will be a better place when four strands of healthcare – Surgery, Obstetrics, Trauma Care, Anesthesia (SOTA) – are made more broadly available.

Our purpose is to increase the presence and professionalism of regional SOTA care by providing and teaching basic but critical transformative procedures to which every person should have access.

Our Partners Share Their Thoughts

“Our cooperation with SOTAC is a strategic step to reach more people in rural areas that need life-saving surgery. And we see the great opportunity to train local surgeons wherever we go together with local institutions."

"I know of leading organizations within the G4 Alliance and elsewhere who are looking forward to partnering with SOTA Convoys in this work. Together, we can bring SOTA care to many people who lack access to it today, and get closer to the day when all the world’s people have access to quality, safe, timely and affordable emergency and essential surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia care."

"In my capacity as Chairman of Winds of Change, I have met Bart and Steve in projects in the areas where Winds of Change operates. It is clear that in the East African context, an organisation needs to coordinate and combine efforts. Both Bart and Steve have proven in earlier projects that they can make things happen. On the basis of this I can highly recommend Bart and Steve and their organisation SOTAC. I am sure that their knowledge and 'DRIVE' will mean a quick evolution of their new organisation."