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Building Surgical Capacity in Developing Countries: Lessons from Haiti and Honduras
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 26, Number 1, February 2015
- pp. 278-286
- 10.1353/hpu.2015.0011
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The unmet burden of surgical disease in developing countries is large and growing. We successfully initiated two surgical field hospitals in austere environments. Similar problems were encountered in the areas of facility development, operations, and social considerations. A literature review was performed to contextualize our experience and compare it with that of others.