Prevalence, causes and impact of musculoskeletal impairment in Malawi: A national cluster randomized survey

• Leonard Banza Ngoie ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: leonardbanza2014@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, Department of Clinical Medicine (K1), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2107-2615

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• Eva Dybvik,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• Geir Hallan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, Department of Clinical Medicine (K1), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• Jan-Erik Gjertsen,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, Department of Clinical Medicine (K1), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• Nyengo Mkandawire,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

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• Carlos Varela,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, Department of Clinical Medicine (K1), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Sven Young

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, Department of Clinical Medicine (K1), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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