News ELCA ELCA Missionaries Find Hope in Training of African Surgeons
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CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Jim Brown's life is full of extremes. There are days when his heart breaks, and there are days when his heart soars. As a surgeon in Cameroon for the past two years, Brown often finds himself feeling overwhelmed. "But the wonderful thing that I think about most is the training of surgeons in Africa," he said.
"Only 1 percent of the world's surgical workforce is in Africa, yet Africa has the greatest surgical burden of any part of the world," said Brown.
