Increasing access to surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa: priorities for national and international agencies recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group [policy forum]

S Luboga; SB Macfarlane; J von Schreeb; ME Kruk; MN Cherian; S Bergström; PBM Bossyns; E Denerville; D Dovlo; M Galukande; RY Hsia; SP Jayaraman; LA Lubbock; C Mock; D Ozgediz; P Sekimpi; A Wladis; A Zakariah; NB Dade; P Donkor; JK Gatumbu; P Hoekman; CB IJsselmuiden; DT Jamison; N Jessani; P Jiskoot; I Kakande; JR Mabweijano; N Mbembati; C McCord; C Mijumbi; H de Miranda; CA Mkony; P Mocumbi; JB Ndihokubwayo; P Ngeumachi; G Ogbaselassie; EL Okitombahe; CT Toure; F Vaz; CM Zikusooka; HT Debas

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000200

Increasing access to surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa: priorities for national and international agencies recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group [policy forum]

S Luboga
, SB Macfarlane
, J von Schreeb
, ME Kruk
, MN Cherian
, S Bergström
, PBM Bossyns
, E Denerville
, D Dovlo
, M Galukande
, RY Hsia
, SP Jayaraman
, LA Lubbock
, C Mock
, D Ozgediz
, P Sekimpi
, A Wladis
, A Zakariah
, NB Dade
, P Donkor

JK Gatumbu, P Hoekman, CB IJsselmuiden, DT Jamison, N Jessani, P Jiskoot, I Kakande, JR Mabweijano, N Mbembati, C McCord, C Mijumbi, H de Miranda, CA Mkony, P Mocumbi, JB Ndihokubwayo, P Ngeumachi, G Ogbaselassie, EL Okitombahe, CT Toure, F Vaz, CM Zikusooka, HT Debas

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Original language	English
Journal	PLoS Medicine
Volume	6
Issue number	12
Pages (from-to)	e1000200
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1549-1676
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000200
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Surgery
Accessibility
DALYs
Network
Recommendations
District
Hospital
Trauma
Health workers
Quality improvement
Training
Information
Evidence-based
Africa-General

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Luboga, S., Macfarlane, SB., von Schreeb, J., Kruk, ME., Cherian, MN., Bergström, S., Bossyns, PBM., Denerville, E., Dovlo, D., Galukande, M., Hsia, RY., Jayaraman, SP., Lubbock, LA., Mock, C., Ozgediz, D., Sekimpi, P., Wladis, A., Zakariah, A., Dade, NB., ... Debas, HT. (2009). Increasing access to surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa: priorities for national and international agencies recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group [policy forum]. PLoS Medicine, 6(12), e1000200. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000200

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