Increasing Access to Surgical Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Priorities for National and International Agencies Recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group

Luboga, Sam; Macfarlane, Sarah; von Schreeb, Johan; E. Kruk, Margaret; Cherian, Meena; Bergström, Staffan; Bossyns, Paul; Denerville, Ernest; Dovlo, Delanyo; Galukande, Moses; Y. Hsia, Renee; Jayaraman, Sudha; A. Lubbock, Lindsey; Mock, Charles; Ozgediz, Doruk; Sekimpi, Patrick; Wladis, Andreas; Zakariah, Ahmed; Babadi Dade, Naméoua; Donkor, Peter; Kabutu Gatumbu, Jane; Hoekman, Patrick; IJsselmuiden, Carel; T. Jamison, Dean; Jessani, Nasreen; Jiskoot, Peter; Kakande, I; Mabweijano, Jacqueline; Mbembati, Naboth; McCord, Colin; Mijumbi, Cephas; de Miranda, Helder; A. Mkony, Charles; Mocumbi, Pascoal; Bosco Ndihokubwayo, Jean; Ngueumachi, Pierre; Ogbaselassie, Gebreamlak; Lodi Okitombahe, Evariste; Tidiane Touré, Cheikh; Vaz, Fernando; Muheki Zikusooka, Charlotte; T. Debas, Haile; the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group (BESG), for

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000200

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Increasing Access to Surgical Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Priorities for National and International Agencies Recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group

Published in PLoS Medicine • Dec 21, 2009

Authors:

Sam Luboga

Sarah Macfarlane

Johan von Schreeb

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.

Subject

Medicine

Surgery

Environmental health

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