Surgery in low-income countries during crisis: experience at Médecins Sans Frontières facilities in 20 countries between 2008 and 2014
dc.contributor.author | Trelles, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Dominguez, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Stewart, B | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-23T21:00:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-23T21:00:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-04-16 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Surgery in low-income countries during crisis: experience at Médecins Sans Frontières facilities in 20 countries between 2008 and 2014. 2015: Trop. Med. Int. Health | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 1365-3156 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 25877854 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/tmi.12523 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10144/550533 | |
dc.description.abstract | The global burden of trauma and surgical conditions fall disproportionately on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).(1, 2) Inopportunely, developing countries are least equipped to provide essential surgical care.(3) Consequently, LMICs have a significant burden of unmet surgical needs.(4) When these fragile health systems are disrupted by conflict, a natural disaster or an epidemic the volume and quality of surgical care decreases even further. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. | |
dc.language | ENG | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell | en_GB |
dc.rights | Archived on this site with the kind permission of Wiley-Blackwell, [url]http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/tmi[/url] | en_GB |
dc.title | Surgery in low-income countries during crisis: experience at Médecins Sans Frontières facilities in 20 countries between 2008 and 2014 | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Tropical Medicine & International Health | en_GB |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-03-04T12:19:25Z | |
html.description.abstract | The global burden of trauma and surgical conditions fall disproportionately on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).(1, 2) Inopportunely, developing countries are least equipped to provide essential surgical care.(3) Consequently, LMICs have a significant burden of unmet surgical needs.(4) When these fragile health systems are disrupted by conflict, a natural disaster or an epidemic the volume and quality of surgical care decreases even further. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |