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World Health Organization Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care: 2011 and Beyond

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  1. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2nd Floor Wood Building, 34th Street and Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  2. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD, 21287-0005, USA

    Fizan Abdullah

  3. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

    Stephen W. Bickler

  4. School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  5. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Raymond R. Price

  6. Intermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Healthcare, 5169 South Cottonwood Street, Suite 410, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108, USA

    Raymond R. Price

  7. Swanson Family Foundation, Ogden, UT, USA

    Raymond R. Price

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Spiegel, D.A., Abdullah, F., Price, R.R. et al. World Health Organization Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care: 2011 and Beyond. World J Surg 37, 1462–1469 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-012-1831-6

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