SOTAC En Route For Arrival in Namibia
Learn about SOTAC’s adventure to Namibia and plans to serve in Africa.
Surgery, Obstetrics, Trauma Care, Anesthesia (SOTA) in the most remote regions of the world.
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.
11% of the global disease burden can be treated through surgical procedures.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world.
About 4.4 million people die from injury each year with over 90% of injury deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
There are only 237 anesthesiologists in East Africa to see more than 142.9 million people.
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.
Read about our latest efforts to build back healthcare until all have access to basic surgical care.
Learn about SOTAC’s adventure to Namibia and plans to serve in Africa.
See the statistics from 2023 African Surgical Initiative report that show need for SOTAC.