Kathryn Chu

Stellenbosch University — South Africa

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Global Health and Surgery(82), Global Health Workforce Issues(51), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes(24), Trauma and Emergency Care Studies(23), Diversity and Career in Medicine(21)

Publications148 total

Data quality and associations over 4 years of use of WHO’s Clinical Registry - Trauma Module, in Rwanda
2026Open Access
Current practices in caesarean section training: A cross‐sectional study comparing high‐ and low‐middle‐income countries
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics·2025Open Access
Access to quality trauma care after injury in Pakistan: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
BMJ Open·2025Open Access
Developing and validating an appendectomy algorithm for use in a South African database
Journal of Public Health in Africa·2025Open Access
Regional Assessment of Lower limb Amputations in sub-Saharan Africa (RAMPs): a prospective cohort study protocol
BMJ Open·2025Open Access
Time to operative care for breast cancer in the Cape Metro West region
South African Journal of Surgery·2025Open Access
Trauma care and its financing around the world: Response to Letter to the Editor
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care·2025
Addressing the Dynamics of Research and Publishing in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Call to Equitable Collaboration
World Journal of Surgery·2025Open Access
Epidemiology and anatomic distribution of colorectal cancer in South Africa
South African Journal of Surgery·2024Open Access
Barriers to accessing appendectomy in the public sector health system in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
African Journal of Emergency Medicine·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Building resilient surgical systems that can withstand external shocks
BMJ Global Health·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
The role of indigenous healers in treating surgical conditions in the rural Eastern Cape of South Africa
World Journal of Surgery·2024Open Access
Trauma care and its financing around the world
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care·2024· 2 cited
Laparoscopic appendectomy by surgical trainees at a public teaching hospital in Cape Town, South Africa: A retrospective, observational study
East and Central African journal of surgery·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Commonalities and differences in injured patient experiences of accessing and receiving quality injury care: a qualitative study in three sub-Saharan African countries
BMJ Open·2024Open Access
An analysis of referral patterns of traumatic brain injury at Groote Schuur Hospital Trauma Centre
South African Medical Journal·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
An African perspective of Helicobacter pylori infection: A narrative review
Medical Journal of Zambia·2024Open Access
The role of clinical associates in South Africa as a health workforce: A scoping review
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Equitable access to quality injury care; Equi-Injury project protocol for prioritizing interventions in four low- or middle-income countries: a mixed method study
BMC Health Services Research·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
An increase in electrical burns during the covid lockdown in Western Cape, South Africa
Burns·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Nathan Ford(10), Miguel Trelles(9), Thomas G. Weiser(6), Justine Davies(6), Bruce Biccard(5), Abebe Bekele(5), Tamlyn Mac Quene(5), Georges Ntakiyiruta(4), Ismaïl Lawani(4), Janet Martin(4), Faustin Ntirenganya(4), Hosni Salem(4), Emmanuel Makasa(4), Barnabas Tobi Alayande(4), Desmond T. Jumbam(4), Peter Rosseel(3), Nathan Ford(3), Dhruva Ghosh(3), Marie Carmela Lapitan(3), Ahmad Uzair Qureshi(3)