About the Authors
- Margaret E. Kruk
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* E-mail: mkruk@columbia.edu
Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Andreas Wladis
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Söder Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Naboth Mbembati
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- S. Khady Ndao-Brumblay
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Affiliation Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Renee Y. Hsia
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Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Moses Galukande
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Sam Luboga
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Alphonsus Matovu
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kamuli Mission Hospital, Kamuli, Uganda
- Helder de Miranda
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Affiliation School of Medicine, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique
- Doruk Ozgediz
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Affiliation Division of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ana Romàn Quiñones
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Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Peter C. Rockers
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Johan von Schreeb
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Affiliation Division of International Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Fernando Vaz
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Affiliation Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Maputo, Mozambique
- Haile T. Debas
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Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, Global Health Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Sarah B. Macfarlane
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Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, Global Health Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MEK AW NM SKNB RYH MG SL AM HdM DO ARQ PCR JvS FV HTD SBM. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: MEK AW NM SKNB RYH MG SL AM HdM DO ARQ PCR JvS FV HTD SBM. Designed the experiments/the study: MEK AW MG DO JvS SBM. Analyzed the data: MEK AW SKNB RYH MG HdM DO PCR SBM. Collected data/did experiments for the study: AW NM SL AM DO ARQ. Wrote the first draft of the paper: NM RYH. Contributed to the writing of the paper: MEK AW NM SKNB RYH MG SL AM HdM DO ARQ PCR JvS FV HTD SBM. Collected data from the Ugandan hospitals; contributed to final data collection tool: MG. Responsible for data integrity: ARQ. Responsible for Mozambique data integrity: FV. Helped initiate the studies to provide evidence for our efforts to advocate for increased access to essential surgery in resource-constrained settings in sub-Saharan Africa: HTD. Jointly responsible for overall program design and implementation: SBM.