Health system assessment for safe surgical care in rural Nicaragua: a retrospective survey
Background: To improve access to surgical care in rural Nicaragua, a collaboration was established between the Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS), Operation Smile Nicaragua, and the Nicaragua Ministry of Health. Prior to implementation of the surgical programme Surgery for the Peop...
Main Authors: | Neema Kaseje, Jordan Swanson, Isobel Marks, Vincent Were, Sabine Siddiqui, Faye Evans, Emily Smith, Dan Poenaru, Emmanuel Ameh, Kokila Lakhoo, Keith Oldham, Diana Farmer, Doruk Ozgediz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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Series: | The Lancet Global Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X18301451 |
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