Crossing boundaries in neurosurgical education: The Pan-African EANS-supported course as a blueprint for global capacity building

Neurosurgical training in Africa is critically limited and expensive. The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies( EANS ) Global Humanitarian Committee partnered with Continental African Neurosurgical Societies( CAANS ), West African College of Surgeons( WACS ), and College of Surgeons of East, Central & Southern Africa( COSECSA ) to adapt its established curriculum of the training courses for African residents&early-career neurosurgeons and piloted the First Pan-African course in May 2025. Does a collaborative, context-adapted international Pan-African EANS course enhance neurosurgical knowledge in resource-limited African settings and prove feasible for capacity building in LMIC practice? The five-day Pan-African Neurosurgery Training Course (May 2025, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) covered vascular neurosurgery&skull base . Fifty-eight pre-course and 61 post-course surveys assessed participant demographics, institutional resources, baseline/post-training self-rated knowledge (5-point scale), and feedback from 19 nations. Mean knowledge scores increased from 2.5→4.1 for vascular neurosurgery (64.0% improvement, P