Investing in surgery: a value proposition for African leaders

Affiliations

¹ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² Wits Centre of Surgical Care for Primary Health and Sustainable Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; PSDM-Cabinet Office, Office of the President, Lusaka, Zambia.
³ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁶ Office of Executive Director, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, Namibia.
⁷ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Global Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Electronic address: salome.maswime@uct.ac.za.

Desmond T Jumbam et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 4;396(10243):7-9.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30482-7.

¹ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² Wits Centre of Surgical Care for Primary Health and Sustainable Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; PSDM-Cabinet Office, Office of the President, Lusaka, Zambia.
³ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁶ Office of Executive Director, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, Namibia.
⁷ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Global Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Electronic address: salome.maswime@uct.ac.za.

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