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Practice Guideline

Increasing access to surgical services in sub-saharan Africa: priorities for national and international agencies recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group

Sam Luboga et al. PLoS Med. 2009 Dec.

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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Conflict of interest statement

Several of the authors are staff members of the World Health Organization. They and the other authors are responsible for the views expressed in this publication and they do not necessarily represent the decisions or policies of the World Health Organization.

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