Increasing Access to Surgical Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Priorities for National and International Agencies Recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group
Sam Luboga(Makerere University), Sarah Macfarlane(University of California, San Francisco), Johan von Schreeb(Karolinska Institutet), Margaret E. Kruk(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor), Meena Cherian(World Health Organization), Staffan Bergström(Karolinska Institutet), Paul Bossyns(Belgian Development Agency), Ernest Denerville(Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde), Delanyo Dovlo(World Health Organization - Pakistan), Moses Galukande(Makerere University), Renee Y. Hsia(University of California, San Francisco), Sudha Jayaraman(University of California, San Francisco), Lindsey A. Lubbock(University of California, San Francisco), Charles Mock(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor), Doruk Ozgediz(University of Toronto), Patrick Sekimpi(Makerere University), Andreas Wladis(Karolinska Institutet), Ahmed Zakariah, Naméoua Babadi Dade, Peter Donkor(Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Jane Kabutu Gatumbu, Patrick Hoekman(United Nations Children's Fund Niger), Carel IJsselmuiden(Council on Health Research for Development), Dean T. Jamison(University of Washington), Nasreen Jessani, Peter Jiskoot, I Kakande(University of Rwanda), Jacqueline Mabweijano(Mulago Hospital), Naboth Mbembati(Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), Colin McCord(Columbia University), Cephas Mijumbi(Makerere University), Helder de Miranda(Catholic University of Mozambique), Charles A. Mkony(Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), Pascoal Mocumbi(World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa), Jean Bosco Ndihokubwayo(World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa), Pierre Ngueumachi(Université des Montagnes), Gebreamlak Ogbaselassie(University of Asmara), Evariste Lodi Okitombahe, Cheikh Tidiane Touré(Cheikh Anta Diop University), Fernando Vaz, Charlotte Muheki Zikusooka, Haile T. Debas(University of California, San Francisco), for the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group (BESG)
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Abstract
In this Policy Forum, the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, which was formed to advocate for increased access to surgery in Africa, recommends four priority areas for national and international agencies to target in order to address the surgical burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa.
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