The incidence of gastroschisis is increasing worldwide, as are the number of these patients presenting to hospital in SSA. In Pretoria, South Africa, there was a 35-fold increase in patients presenting with gastroschisis from the early 1980's to late 1990s. Centres such as Harare, Zimbabwe, report receiving up to 3-4 cases per week. The true incidence of gastroschisis is unknown in SSA, however studies suggest the incidence, at least in some regions, appears to be similar to HICs. With a prevalence of 5.4/10,000 births, we can estimate that 1440 cases will be born each month in SSA.