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A Letter to Program Directors: Global Surgery Rotations Are a Plus

scientific article published on 4 January 2017

A President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for surgery: a call to action for surgical care in low- and middle-income countries.

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A cross-sectional study of indications for cesarean deliveries in Médecins Sans Frontières facilities across 17 countries

scientific article published on 28 February 2015

A next step for assessing the global burden of surgical disease

scientific article published on 17 April 2011

A pilot survey of pediatric surgical capacity in West Africa

scientific article published on March 2015

A preparation guide for surgical resident and student rotations to underserved regions

scientific article published in June 2012

A proposed matrix for planning global surgery interventions.

scientific article published in December 2014

A quantitative analysis of surgical capacity in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

scientific article published on 05 June 2013

A survey of surgical capacity in rural southern Nigeria: opportunities for change

scientific article published on December 2012

A systematic review of oil tanker truck disasters: Identifying prevention targets

scientific article published on 23 February 2019

A tool and index to assess surgical capacity in low income countries: an initial implementation in Sierra Leone

scientific article published on August 2012

Abstract: Global Burden of Craniomaxillofacial Diseases - a Four Country Cluster Randomized Study Using the Sosas Instrument

scientific article published in September 2017

Acute care surgery in Rwanda: Operative epidemiology and geographic variations in access to care.

scientific article published on 16 May 2015

Adult intussusception in the Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article published on June 2011

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

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An estimate of hernia prevalence in Nepal from a countrywide community survey

scientific article published in The Lancet

An estimate of hernia prevalence in Nepal from a countrywide community survey.

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An estimate of hernia prevalence in Sierra Leone from a nationwide community survey.

scientific article published on 16 November 2013

An overview of renal replacement therapy and health care personnel deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa

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Anesthesia Care Capacity at Health Facilities in 22 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Are American Surgical Residents Prepared for Humanitarian Deployment?: A Comparative Analysis of Resident and Humanitarian Case Logs.

scientific article published on 04 August 2017

Assessing access to surgical care in Nepal via a cross-sectional, countrywide survey.

scientific article published on 3 May 2016

Assessment of Barriers to Essential Surgical Care in Two Communities in the Upper West Region, Ghana.

scientific article published in January 2017

Assessment of pediatric surgery capacity at government hospitals in Sierra Leone

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Attacks on civilians and hospitals must stop

scientific article published on 21 March 2016

Averted health burden over 4 years at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Trauma Centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan, prior to its closure in 2015.

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Awareness and prevalence of cervical cancer screening among women in Nepal.

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Backlog and burden of fractures in Sierra Leone and Nepal: Results from nationwide cluster randomized, population-based surveys

scientific article published on 19 July 2016

Barriers to Essential Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Pilot Study of a Comprehensive Assessment Tool in Ghana

scientific article published on 5 August 2015

Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of Ghana: a cross-sectional survey

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Barriers to surgical care in Nepal

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Beyond a Moral Obligation: A Legal Framework for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care and Anesthesia.

scientific article published on 8 February 2017

Beyond volunteerism: augmenting surgical care in resource-limited settings

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Burden of road traffic injuries in Nepal: results of a countrywide population-based survey.

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Burn management capacity in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review of 458 hospitals across 14 countries

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Burns in Baghdad from 2003 to 2014: Results of a randomized household cluster survey

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Burns in Nepal: A population based national assessment

scientific article published on 16 December 2014

Burns in Sierra Leone: a population-based assessment

scientific article published on 24 April 2014

Can Economic Performance Predict Pediatric Surgical Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa?

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Cancer surgery in low-income countries: an unmet need.

scientific article published on December 2012

Care of surgical infections by Médecins Sans Frontières Operations Centre Brussels in 2008-14.

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Comparison of surgical care deficiencies between US civil war hospitals and present-day hospitals in Sierra Leone

scientific article published on August 2010

Conditions, preventable deaths, procedures and validation of a countrywide survey of surgical care in Nepal

scientific article published on 24 March 2015

Consensus recommendations for essential vascular care in low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Development of a novel Global Trauma System Evaluation Tool and initial results of implementation in the Republic of South Sudan

scientific article published on 10 August 2014

Development of a surgical capacity index: opportunities for assessment and improvement

scientific article published on February 2012

District-level hospital trauma care audit filters: Delphi technique for defining context-appropriate indicators for quality improvement initiative evaluation in developing countries

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Editorial Policy on Co-authorship of Articles from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Electricity and generator availability in LMIC hospitals: improving access to safe surgery

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Epidemiology of pediatric surgical needs in low-income countries

scientific article published on 3 March 2017

Estimating operative disease prevalence in a low-income country: results of a nationwide population survey in Rwanda

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Estimating the prevalence of urinary and fecal incontinence in a nationally representative survey in Sierra Leone

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Fall Injuries in Nepal: A Countrywide Population-based Survey

scientific article published on July 2015

Fall injuries in Baghdad from 2003 to 2014: Results of a randomised household cluster survey

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Female health and family planning in Sierra Leone

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Fires in refugee and displaced persons settlements: The current situation and opportunities to improve fire prevention and control

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Free health care for under 5 year olds increases access to surgical care in Sierra Leone: an analysis of case load and patient characteristics

scientific article published in June 2013

Free health care in Sierra Leone: the effect on pediatric surgery

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Global Estimation of Surgical Procedures Needed for Forcibly Displaced Persons.

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Global opportunities on 239 general surgery residency Web sites.

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Global surgery: thoughts on an emerging surgical subspecialty for students and residents

scientific article published in May 2010

Gross hematuria and urinary retention among men from a nationally representative survey in Sierra Leone

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Health Care Providers in War and Armed Conflict: Operational and Educational Challenges in International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Conventions, Part I. Historical Perspective

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Health Care Providers in War and Armed Conflict: Operational and Educational Challenges in International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Conventions, Part II. Educational and Training Initiatives

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Helping victims of landmines. A public health approach

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Household survey in Sierra Leone reveals high prevalence of surgical conditions in children

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Implementing Liberia's poverty reduction strategy: An assessment of emergency and essential surgical care

scientific article published on January 2011

Improving access to surgery in a developing country: experience from a surgical collaboration in Sierra Leone

scientific article published on July 2010

Individual and community perceptions of surgical care in Sierra Leone

scientific article published on 8 November 2013

Injuries, Death, and Disability Associated with 11 Years of Conflict in Baghdad, Iraq: A Randomized Household Cluster Survey

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Injury assessment in three low-resource settings: a reference for worldwide estimates.

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Injury prevalence and causality in developing nations: Results from a countrywide population-based survey in Nepal

scientific article published on May 2015

Injury, disability and access to care in Rwanda: results of a nationwide cross-sectional population study

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Intentional burns - A form of gender based violence in Nepal

scientific article published in April 2016

Inter-rater reliability of the PIPES tool: validation of a surgical capacity index for use in resource-limited settings.

scientific article published on September 2014

Mass casualty incident training in a resource-limited environment.

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

Medicine and surgery: the yin and yang of health systems ⬇️

scientific article published on April 21, 2012

Moving from data collection to application: a systematic literature review of surgical capacity assessments and their applications.

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Musculoskeletal disease in Nepal: A countrywide cross-sectional survey on burden and surgical access.

scientific article published on 26 August 2016

Nationally representative household survey of surgery and mortality in Sierra Leone

scientific article published in August 2013

Non-communicable diseases and surgery at the UN? “Fugetaboutit!”

scientific article published in The Lancet

Non-communicable diseases: beyond prevention and screening

scientific article published in The Lancet

Operative Procedures in the Elderly in Low-Resource Settings: A Review of Médecins Sans Frontières Facilities: Reply

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

Operative needs in HIV+ populations: An estimation for sub-Saharan Africa

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Operative procedures in the elderly in low-resource settings: a review of Médecins Sans Frontières facilities

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Operative trauma in low-resource settings: The experience of Médecins Sans Frontières in environments of conflict, postconflict, and disaster.

scientific article published on May 2015

Pediatric injury during conflict and prolonged insecurity in Iraq from 2003-2014.

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Percentage of cesarean sections among total surgical procedures in sub-Saharan Africa: possible indicator of the overall adequacy of surgical care

scientific article published on September 2010

Peripheral Arterial Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

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Petroleum pipeline explosions in sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive systematic review of the academic and lay literature

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Physician participation in human rights abuses in southern Iraq

scientific article published on March 2004

Pilot testing of a population-based surgical survey tool in Sierra Leone

scientific article published on April 2012

Prevalence of breast masses and barriers to care: results from a population-based survey in Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

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Prevalence of surgical conditions in individuals aged more than 50 years: a cluster-based household survey in Sierra Leone

scientific article published on January 2015

Prevalence of thoracic surgical care need in a developing country: results of a cluster-randomized, cross-sectional nationwide survey

scientific article published on 25 November 2014

Prioritizing injury care: a review of trauma capacity in low and middle-income countries.

scientific article published on 04 September 2014

Promoting quality of care in disaster response: A survey of core surgical competencies

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Providing Anesthesia Care in Resource-limited Settings: A 6-year Analysis of Anesthesia Services Provided at Médecins Sans Frontières Facilities.

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Quantifying surgical capacity in Sierra Leone: a guide for improving surgical care

scientific article published on February 2009

Recommendations for including surgery on the public health agenda

scientific article published on 9 April 2015

Rectal bleeding and endoscopy need in Sierra Leone: results of a nationwide, cluster-randomized, community-based survey

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Rectal bleeding and endoscopy need in Sierra Leone: results of a nationwide, community-based survey

scientific article published on 26 April 2015

Rectal bleeding and implications for surgical care in Nepal.

scientific article published on 28 February 2015

Reply

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

Reproductive health care and family planning among women in Nepal.

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Rethinking burns for low & middle-income countries: Differing patterns of burn epidemiology, care seeking behavior, and outcomes across four countries.

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Road traffic injuries in Baghdad from 2003 to 2014: results of a randomised household cluster survey

scientific article published on 5 February 2016

Routine systemic antibiotic prophylaxis for burn injuries in developing countries: A best evidence topic (BET)

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Scarcity of healthcare worker protection in eight low- and middle-income countries: surgery and the risk of HIV and other bloodborne pathogens.

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

Scarcity of protective items against HIV and other bloodborne infections in 13 low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 08 August 2014

Secondary crisis in African health care

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Self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) for patients with advanced Esophageal cancer in Malawi: An effective palliative treatment

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

Self-reported Determinants of Access to Surgical Care in 3 Developing Countries

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Sex Differences in Civilian Injury in Baghdad From 2003 to 2014: Results of a Randomized Household Cluster Survey

scientific article published on February 2017

Sex disparities among persons receiving operative care during armed conflicts.

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Social media in low-resource settings: a role for Twitter and Facebook in global surgery?

scientific article published on 4 February 2012

Some Thoughts on Global Surgery: Reply

scientific article published on 01 July 2013

Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need (SOSAS) Uganda: Update for Household Survey

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Surgery and refugee populations.

scientific article published on January 2009

Surgery as a public health intervention: common misconceptions versus the truth

scientific article published on June 2011

Surgery for Conditions of Infectious Etiology in Resource-Limited Countries Affected by Crisis: The Médecins Sans Frontières Operations Centre Brussels Experience

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

Surgery for children in low-income countries affected by humanitarian emergencies from 2008 to 2014: The Médecins Sans Frontières Operations Centre Brussels experience

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Surgical Burn Care by Médecins Sans Frontières-Operations Center Brussels: 2008 to 2014.

scientific article published on 27 August 2015

Surgical Care in the Solomon Islands: A Road Map for Universal Surgical Care Delivery ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Surgical care needs of low-resource populations: an estimate of the prevalence of surgically treatable conditions and avoidable deaths in 48 countries.

scientific article published on 26 April 2015

Surgical elective in a developing country: ethics and utility

scientific article published in March 2009

Surgical need in an ageing population: a cluster-based household survey in Nepal

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Surgical need in an aging population: A cluster-based household survey in Nepal

scientific article published on May 2015

Surgical needs of Nepal: pilot study of population based survey in Pokhara, Nepal

scientific article published on December 2014

Surgical skills needed for humanitarian missions in resource-limited settings: common operative procedures performed at Médecins Sans Frontières facilities

scientific article published on 08 February 2014

Systematic Review of Surgical Literature from Resource-Limited Countries: Developing Strategies for Success.

scientific article published on 03 June 2015

Teaching emergency and essential surgical care in Sierra Leone: a model for low income countries

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The International Assessment of Capacity for Trauma (INTACT): an index for trauma capacity in low-income countries

scientific article published on 04 February 2014

The benefits of international rotations to resource-limited settings for U.S. surgery residents.

scientific article published on 27 December 2012

The burden of musculoskeletal disease in Sierra Leone

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The spatial distribution of injuries in need of surgical intervention in Nepal

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

The unmet surgical disease burden in the developing world

scientific article published in The Lancet

Three-stage repair of a giant inguinal hernia in Sierra Leone: A management technique for low-resource settings

scientific article published on December 2011

Topics in global public health.

scientific article published on 19 August 2008

Trauma care and referral patterns in Rwanda: implications for trauma system development

scientific article published on February 2016

Traumatic injuries in developing countries: report from a nationwide cross-sectional survey of Sierra Leone

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Twitter and mobile technology as diagnostic aids in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

scientific article published in November 2011

Universal precautions and surgery in Sierra Leone: the unprotected workforce

scientific article published on June 2009

Unmet surgical needs in children: a household survey in Nepal

scientific article published on 21 February 2015

Untreated breast masses: A cross-sectional countrywide survey of Nepal.

scientific article published on 26 January 2015

Untreated head and neck surgical disease in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional, countrywide survey

scientific article published on 17 July 2014

Untreated surgical conditions in Sierra Leone: a cluster randomised, cross-sectional, countrywide survey

scientific article published on 14 August 2012

Waiting for Global Access to Urologic Care

scientific article published on 13 May 2013

Water availability at hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: implications for improving access to safe surgical care

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WhatsApp: An essential m-health tool for global surgeons.

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Where is the official guidance on Ebola and surgery?

scientific article published in The Lancet

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