Improving Effective Surgical Delivery in Humanitarian Disasters: Lessons from Haiti

Kathryn Chu; Christopher Stokes; Miguel Trelles; Nathan Ford

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001025

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Improving Effective Surgical Delivery in Humanitarian Disasters: Lessons from Haiti

Kathryn Chu ,

* E-mail: kathryn_chu@yahoo.com

Affiliation Médecins sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa
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Christopher Stokes,

Affiliation Médecins sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium
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Miguel Trelles,

Affiliation Médecins sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium
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Nathan Ford

Affiliation Médecins sans Frontières, Geneva, Switzerland
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Improving Effective Surgical Delivery in Humanitarian Disasters: Lessons from Haiti

Kathryn Chu,
Christopher Stokes,
Miguel Trelles,
Nathan Ford

Published: April 26, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001025

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