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dc.contributor.authorLuboga, Sam
dc.contributor.authorMacfarlane, Sarah B.
dc.contributor.authorSchreeb, Johan von
dc.contributor.authorKruk, Margaret E.
dc.contributor.authorCherian, Meena N.
dc.contributor.authorBergstrom, Staffan
dc.contributor.authorBossyns, Paul B. M.
dc.contributor.authorDenerville, Ernest
dc.contributor.authorDovlo, Delanyo
dc.contributor.authorGalukande, Moses
dc.contributor.authorMocumbi, Pascoal
dc.contributor.authorNgueumachi, Pierre
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-23T15:28:47Z
dc.date.available2012-01-23T15:28:47Z
dc.date.issued2009-12-22
dc.identifier.citationLuboga S., Macfarlane S.B., von Schreeb J., Kruk M.E., Cherian M.N., Bergstrom, S., Bossyns, P.B.M., Denerville, E., Dovlo, D., Galukande, M., Mocumbi, P., Ngueumachi, P. (2009). Increasing access to surgical services in Sub-Saharan Africa: priorities for national and international agencies recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group. PLoS Medicine 6(12)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/339
dc.description.abstractIn sub-Saharan Africa, only 46% of births are attended by skilled personnel, compared to 96% in Europe (according to data for the African Region of the World Health Organization [WHO] from 2000 to 2008 [1]). In 2005, slightly over one quarter of a million women died from complications of childbirth [1]; most of these deaths could have been avoided by providing women with access to basic obstetric care and obstetric surgical care. On average, across sub- Saharan Africa, a population of 10,000 is served by two doctors and 11 nursing and midwifery personnel, compared to 32 and 79 respectively serving the same number of people in Europe (WHO data 2000–2007 [1]). A child born in sub- Saharan Africa in 2007 could expect to live only 52 years, which is 22 years less than its European counterparten_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPLoS Medicineen_US
dc.subjectSurgical Servicesen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectSkilled birth attendantsen_US
dc.subjectHealth systemsen_US
dc.subjectObstetric careen_US
dc.subjectNursingen_US
dc.subjectMidwifery personnelen_US
dc.titleIncreasing access to surgical services in Sub-Saharan Africa: priorities for national and international agencies recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group.en_US
dc.typeJournal article, peer revieweden_US


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