El Manual Para el Pueblo (The Manual for the People): a pictorial aid for community health workers to identify surgical conditions

Background: Access to safe, effective, and affordable surgical care is a pressing contemporary public health issue. Deaths from surgically treated conditions exceed those from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. Community outreach is a potential driver of access to surgical treatment, yet educa...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Gualy, BS, Christopher Herrera, BS, Bessy Colman, MD, Alex Guerrero, Nydia Betanco, Katie Magoon, MPA, Jordan Swanson, MSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19301159