Background Delayed access to surgical care for congenital conditions in low-and middle-
income countries is associated with increased risk of death and life-long disabilities …

Background The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery reported that 5 billion people lack
access to safe, affordable surgical care. The majority of these people live in low-resource …

Background Access to pediatric surgical care in many sub‐Saharan African countries is
strongly limited by lack of medical facilities, adequate transport system, and trained medical …

Background Mortality rates for eight surgical procedures have been endorsed by the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality as part of the Inpatient Quality Indicators developed to …

Background Child survival initiatives historically prioritized efforts to reduce child morbidity
and mortality from infectious diseases and maternal conditions. Little attention has been …

Objective To use a nationwide household survey tool to provide an estimate of injury
prevalence, mechanisms of traumatic injuries, and number of injury-related deaths in a low …

Background Noncommunicable diseases, such as surgical conditions have received little
attention from public health planners in low income countries (LIC) like Malawi. Though …

Background There is limited evidence to characterize the burden of unmet need of surgical
diseases in low-and middle-income countries. The purpose of this study was to determine …

Resources for neonatal surgery vary hugely between the developed countries and Africa.
Due to the burden of other childhood diseases, neonatal surgery is of low priority to health …

Importance In low-and middle-income countries, community-level surgical epidemiology is
largely undefined. Accurate community-level surgical epidemiology is necessary for surgical …