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National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Plans Supporting the Vision of Universal Health Coverage

Alexander W. Peters, Lina Roa, Emile Rwamasirabo, Emmanuel Ameh, Mpoki M. Ulisubisya, Lubna Samad, Emmanuel M. Makasa and John G. Meara
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2020, 8(1):1-9; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00314
Alexander W. Peters
aDepartment of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
bProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
cDepartment of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Lina Roa
bProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
cDepartment of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
dDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Emile Rwamasirabo
eDepartment of Surgery, King Faisal Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda.
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Emmanuel Ameh
fDepartment of Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Mpoki M. Ulisubisya
gMinistry of Health Community Development Gender Elderly and Children, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Lubna Samad
hCenter for Essential Surgical and Acute Care, Indus Health Network, Karachi, Pakistan.
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Emmanuel M. Makasa
iPublic Service Management Division Cabinet Office, Office of the President, Lusaka, Zambia.
jWits Centre of Surgical Care for Primary Health & Sustainable Development, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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John G. Meara
bProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
cDepartment of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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vol. 8 no. 1 1-9
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00314
PubMed 
32234839

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Global Health: Science and Practice
Online ISSN 
2169-575X
History 
  • Received: September 10, 2019
  • Accepted: March 2, 2020
  • Published online April 27, 2020.

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© Peters et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00314

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  1. Alexander W. Petersa,b,c⇑,
  2. Lina Roab,c,d,
  3. Emile Rwamasiraboe,
  4. Emmanuel Amehf,
  5. Mpoki M. Ulisubisyag,
  6. Lubna Samadh,
  7. Emmanuel M. Makasai,j,
  8. John G. Mearab,c
  1. aDepartment of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
  2. bProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  3. cDepartment of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  4. dDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  5. eDepartment of Surgery, King Faisal Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda.
  6. fDepartment of Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
  7. gMinistry of Health Community Development Gender Elderly and Children, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  8. hCenter for Essential Surgical and Acute Care, Indus Health Network, Karachi, Pakistan.
  9. iPublic Service Management Division Cabinet Office, Office of the President, Lusaka, Zambia.
  10. jWits Centre of Surgical Care for Primary Health & Sustainable Development, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  1. Correspondence to Alexander Peters (awp9003{at}nyp.org).
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Global Health: Science and Practice Mar 2020, 8 (1) 1-9; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00314
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