An Analysis of cesarean section and emergency hernia ratios as markers of surgical capacity in low-income countries affected by humanitarian emergencies from 2008 – 2014 at médecins sans frontières operations centre Brussels projects

PLoS Currents

Volumn 7, Issue DISASTERS, 2015, Pages

  Stewart, Barclay ^a   Wong, Evan ^b   Papillon Smith, Jessica ^d   Centurion, Miguel Antonio Trelles ^e   Dominguez, Lynette ^e   Ao, Supongmeren ^e,f   Jean Paul, Basimuoneye Kahutsi ^e,g   Kamal, Mustafa ^e,h   Helmand, Rahmatullah ^e,i   Naseer, Aamer ^e,j   Kushner, Adam L ^c,k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^f Mon General Hospital   (India)

^g Referral General Hospital of Masisi   (Congo)

^h Timurgara DHQ Hospital   (Pakistan)

ⁱ Ahmad Shah Baba General Hospital   (Afghanistan)

^j Dargai DHQ Hospital   (Pakistan)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HERNIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP;

EID: 84958581746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.dis.5e30807568eaad09a3e23282ddb41da6     Document Type: Article

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