Progress in Global Surgery: Comment on "Global Surgery – Informing National Strategies for Scaling Up Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Impressive progress has been made in global surgery in the past 10 years, and now serious and evidence-based national strategies are being developed for scaling-up surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa. Key to achieving this goal requires developing a realistic country-based estimate of burden of...

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Autor principal: Debas, Haile T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2018
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6326634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30624879
http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2018.69
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Sumario:Impressive progress has been made in global surgery in the past 10 years, and now serious and evidence-based national strategies are being developed for scaling-up surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa. Key to achieving this goal requires developing a realistic country-based estimate of burden of surgical disease, developing an accurate estimate of existing need, developing methods, rigorously planning and implementing the plan, and scaling-up essential surgical services at the national level.

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