About the Authors

Mwayi Kachapila

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

M.Kachapila@bham.ac.uk

Affiliations National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Health Economics Unit, Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Adesoji O. Ademuyiwa

Roles Validation

Affiliation Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Bruce M. Biccard

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Dhruva N. Ghosh

Roles Validation

Affiliations India Hub National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, Ludhiana, India, Surgery Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India

James Glasbey

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Mark Monahan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Health Economics Unit, Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Rachel Moore

Roles Validation

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dion G. Morton

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliations National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Birmingham Surgical Trials Consortium, Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Raymond Oppong

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Economics Unit, Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Rupert Pearse

Roles Validation

Affiliation Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, England, United Kingdom

Tracy E. Roberts

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Health Economics Unit, Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery

Membership of the author group NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, ASOS Investigators and STARSurg Collaborative is listed in the S2 Appendix.

ASOS Investigators

Membership of the author group NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, ASOS Investigators and STARSurg Collaborative is listed in the S2 Appendix.

STARSurg Collaborative

Membership of the author group NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, ASOS Investigators and STARSurg Collaborative is listed in the S2 Appendix.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.