Authors' Reply: Safe Surgery for All: Early Lessons from Implementing a National Government-Driven Surgical Plan in Ethiopia

Affiliations

¹ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. katie.r.iverson@gmail.com.
² University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA. katie.r.iverson@gmail.com.
³ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ State Minister's Office, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁵ Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁶ Technical Leadership Office, Jhpiego, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁷ GE Foundation, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Dalberg Global Development Advisors, New York, NY, USA.
⁹ Assist International, Scotts Valley, CA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
¹¹ Jhpiego, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹² University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA.
¹³ Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁴ Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Comment

Katherine Iverson et al. World J Surg. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;42(11):3814-3815.

doi: 10.1007/s00268-018-4587-9.

¹ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. katie.r.iverson@gmail.com.
² University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA. katie.r.iverson@gmail.com.
³ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ State Minister's Office, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁵ Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁶ Technical Leadership Office, Jhpiego, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁷ GE Foundation, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Dalberg Global Development Advisors, New York, NY, USA.
⁹ Assist International, Scotts Valley, CA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
¹¹ Jhpiego, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹² University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA.
¹³ Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁴ Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Safe Surgery for All: Early Lessons from Implementing a National Government-Driven Surgical Plan in Ethiopia.
Burssa D, Teshome A, Iverson K, Ahearn O, Ashengo T, Barash D, Barringer E, Citron I, Garringer K, McKitrick V, Meara J, Mengistu A, Mukhopadhyay S, Reynolds C, Shrime M, Varghese A, Esseye S, Bekele A. Burssa D, et al. World J Surg. 2017 Dec;41(12):3038-3045. doi: 10.1007/s00268-017-4271-5. World J Surg. 2017. PMID: 29030677
Safe Surgery for All: Early Lessons from Implementing a National Government-Driven Surgical Plan in Ethiopia.
Drum ET, Workneh RS, Tilahun R, McQueen KAK. Drum ET, et al. World J Surg. 2018 Nov;42(11):3812-3813. doi: 10.1007/s00268-018-4523-z. World J Surg. 2018. PMID: 29392432 No abstract available.

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