Centre for Global Surgery
Recent Submissions
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Establishing a South African national framework for COVID-19 surgical prioritisation
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2021-03-23)Background. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, surgical operations have been drastically reduced in South Africa (SA). Guidelines on surgical prioritisation during COVID-19 have been published, but are specific to ... -
A geospatial analysis of two-hour surgical access to district hospitals in South Africa
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-08-13)Background: In a robust health care system, at least 80% of a country’s population should be able to access a district hospital that provides surgical care within 2 hours. The objective was to identify the proportion of ... -
Improving nursing documentation for surgical patients in a referral hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone : protocol for assessing feasibility of a pilot multifaceted quality improvement hybrid type project
(BioMed Central, 2021-01-27)Background: There is an urgent need to improve quality of care to reduce avoidable mortality and morbidity from surgical diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Currently, there is a lack of knowledge about how ...
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