Nonphysician Sedation Providers in Africa: What Counts and What Is Being Counted?

Affiliations

¹ From the Jhpiego, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
² Department of Anesthesia, School of Health Sciences, University of Rwanda.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Yohannes Molla Asemu et al. Anesth Analg. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 1;135(2):246-249.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006037. Epub 2022 Jul 5.

¹ From the Jhpiego, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
² Department of Anesthesia, School of Health Sciences, University of Rwanda.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

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