The main goal of ERAS is to enhance the recovery of patients, and this has secondary effects,
such reduced length of hospital stay, minimal postoperative complications and lessen
readmission rates. ERAS protocols have been shown to be feasible and safe across the world.
Although it has been shown to be effective in the developed settings and can potentially
reduce the length of hospital stay, and the cost of healthcare in the perioperative period.
The multimodal program of ERAS has been less implemented in the low and middle income African
countries. Studies done outside Uganda (Egypt and South Africa) have demonstrated that ERAS
program can be feasible and yields favorable outcomes in patients.