The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Functionality of International Surgical Volunteer Organizations

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Functionality of International Surgical Volunteer Organizations

BackgroundSurgical volunteer organizations have been severely limited during the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. Our purpose was to identify obstacles to surgical volunteer organizations secondary to COVID-19 and their responses.MethodsForty-one surgical volunteer organizations participated in...

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Main Authors:	Spencer Lyons, Amy L. Xu, Wesley M. Durand, Shyam Patel, Julius K. Oni, Jacob M. Babu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:	Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:	COVID-19 surgical volunteer organizations international healthcare low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) survey
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.868023/full

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