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Editorial
. 2023 Jun;8(6):e012848.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012848.

To advance global surgery and anaesthesia, train more advocates

Desmond T Jumbam  1 , Atenas Bustamante  2 , Barnabas Tobi Alayande  3 , Ruben Ayala  2 , Jean Cedric Kouam  4 , Irene Dzirasa  2   5 , Carolina Segura  2 , Fuein Vera Kum  4 , Arsen Muhumuza  2 , Robert Riviello  3   6 , Mikyla Rata  2 , Denis A Foretia  4   7 , Abebe Bekele  3
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Editorial

To advance global surgery and anaesthesia, train more advocates

Desmond T Jumbam et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2023 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Surgery.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Components of the Global Surgery Advocacy Fellowship. Image source: Authors.
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