Vision
To be a leading professional body that advance surgical excellence, equity, and innovation in South Sudan and the region.
Mission
To promote the highest standards in surgical care, education, research, and professional ethics by empowering surgeons through training, collaboration, advocacy, and sustainable capacity building.
Goals
Build strategic Partnerships: Collaborate with local and international institutions to enhance capacity, knowledge exchange, and resource mobilization.
To Improve Surgical Care: Enhance the quality, safety, and accessibility of surgical services across South Sudan.
Strengthen Training and Education: Support continuous surgical education, specialization, and mentoring for current and future surgeons.
Promote Research and Innovation: Foster context –relevant surgical research and innovation to inform evidence-based practice.
Advocate for Surgical Health Policy: Engage in national health policy development to prioritize surgery as a public health need.
The acquired knowledge and skills enable the beneficiaries to influence policy decisions for nation building. NTLI is a non-academic certifying institute with plans to upgrade to post-graduate programme in future. It is a cost-recovery service generating income from contracted tailor-made training, research and consultancies for its progressive autonomy.
To serve as a center of excellence and knowledge hub for training, mentoring and experiential learning programmes to accelerate equitable and sustainable progress in development.
Our Core Values
Core values
Excellence: commitment to the highest standards of surgical practice and education.
Integrity: Upholding professionalism, ethics, and accountability in all actions.
Equity: Ensuring fair access to surgical care regardless of geographical or status.
Collaboration: Promoting teamwork among healthcare professionals and stakeholders.
Innovation: Encouraging research, creativity, and adoption of best practices
Service: Dedication to improving the health and lives of communities.
Objectives:
- To establish and maintain standards for surgical training and accreditation in South Sudan.
- To organize scientific conference, workshops, and CPD events to promote professional development.
- To support the creation of surgical training programs in partnership with universities and regional colleges e.g. COSECSA
- To advocate for increased investment in surgical infrastructure, workforce, and essential supplies.
- To publish surgical research and case reports relevant to South Sudan context.
- To promote ethical conduct and professional unity among surgeons nationwide.
- To build a national surgical registry and database for policy and planning
- To mentor young surgeons and support gender equity in surgical careers.