Figure 1
Populations served by the 63 congenital cardiac surgical catchment areas across Africa.
Figure 2
Average distance a patient in each catchment area would travel to see a congenital cardiac surgeon, weighted by population.
Figure 3
Incident case to capacity ratio for each of the 63 congenital cardiac surgical catchment areas across Africa. ICCR: incident case to capacity ratio.
Figure 4
Choropleth map depicting incident cases of congenital heart disease across the subnational regions of Africa. CHD: congenital heart disease.
Figure 5
Choropleth map of congenital cardiac surgical need across the subnational regions of Africa with linkages to the nearest congenital cardiac surgeon.
| AATS | American Association for Thoracic Surgery |
| ABTS | American Board of Thoracic Surgery |
| CHD | Congenital Heart Disease |
| CTSnet | The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network |
| GADM | Global Administrative Areas |
| GBD | Global Burden of Disease |
| ICCR | Incident Case to Capacity Ratio |
| IHME | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |
| LMIC | Low‑ to Middle‑Income Country |
| NGO | Non‑governmental Organization |
| STS | Society of Thoracic Surgeons |
| QGIS | Quantum Geographic Information System |