Providing surgical care in Somalia: A model of task shifting
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Providing surgical care in Somalia: A model of task shifting
BACKGROUND Somalia is one of the most political unstable countries in the world. Ongoing insecurity has forced an inconsistent medical response by the international community, with little data collection. This paper describes the "remote" model of surgical care by Medecins Sans Frontieres, in Guri-El, Somalia. The challenges of providing the necessary prerequisites for safe surgery are discusse...
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عنوان ژورنال: Conflict and Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1752-1505
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-5-12