The contribution of pediatric surgery to poverty trajectories in Somaliland.
<h4>Background</h4>The provision of health care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is recognized as a significant contributor to economic growth and also impacts individual families at a microeconomic level. The primary goal of our study was to examine the relationship bet...
Main Authors: | Emily R Smith, Tessa L Concepcion, Mubarak Mohamed, Shugri Dahir, Edna Adan Ismail, Henry E Rice, Anirudh Krishna, Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219974 |
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