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Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development.
John G. Meara,John G. Meara,Andrew J M Leather,Lars Hagander,Blake C. Alkire,Nivaldo Alonso,Emmanuel A. Ameh,Stephen W. Bickler,Lesong Conteh,Anna J Dare,Justine Davies,Eunice D érivois Mérisier,Shenaaz El-Halabi,Paul Farmer,Atul A. Gawande,Rowan Gillies,Sarah L M Greenberg,Caris E Grimes,Russell L. Gruen,Edna Adan Ismail,Thaim B. Kamara,Chris Lavy,Ganbold Lundeg,Nyengo Mkandawire,Nakul P Raykar,Johanna N Riesel,Edgar B. Rodas,John A. Rose,Nobhojit Roy,Mark G. Shrime,Richard Sullivan,Stéphane Verguet,David A. K. Watters,Thomas G. Weiser,Iain H Wilson,Gavin Yamey,Winnie Yip +36 more
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The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery has five key messages, a set of indicators and recommendations to improve access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care in LMICs, and a template for a national surgical plan.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia.The article was published on 2016-02-01. It has received 185 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Global health.read more
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Mortality of emergency abdominal surgery in high-, middle- and low-income countries
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