ArticlePLoS medicine2009
Surgical task shifting in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Article in PLoS medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
84 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Task Shifting and Task Sharing to Strengthen the Surgical Workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Existing Literature.World journal of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Assessing the impact of anaesthetic and surgical task-shifting globally: a systematic literature review.Health policy and planning · 2023Pooled it
- North-South surgical training partnerships: a systematic review.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2020Pooled it
- Does task shifting yield cost savings and improve efficiency for health systems? A systematic review of evidence from low-income and middle-income countries.Human resources for health · 2017Pooled it
- The contribution of non-physician clinicians to the provision of surgery in rural Zambia-a randomised controlled trial.Human resources for health · 2019Trial
- Evaluation of the safety and efficiency of the dorsal slit and sleeve methods of male circumcision provided by physicians and clinical officers in Rakai, Uganda.BJU international · 2012Trial
- Top 5 Surgical Education Innovations for Low-Resource Settings Over the Last 50 years.World journal of surgery · 2026Review
- Retrospective analysis of a surgical service in a rural district hospital in the Eastern Cape.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2026Article
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- Economics of Task-Shifting in Surgery: A Systematic Review.Health science reports · 2025Review
- Evaluating Access Improving Interventions: An Economic Evaluation of Surgical Task-Shifting for C-Sections in Sierra Leone.Applied health economics and health policy · 2025Article
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- Essential surgery delivery in the Northern Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- Clinical spine care partnerships between high-income countries and low-and-middle-income countries: A scoping review.PloS one · 2023Article
- Using participatory action research to empower district hospital staff to deliver quality-assured essential surgery to rural populations in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Why Do They Leave? Challenges to Retention of Surgical Clinical Officers in District Hospitals in Malawi.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Article
- A mobile cesarean birth center as a solution to improve access to surgical birth in rural Ethiopia: a mixed methods research protocol.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
- Current methods of nurse-surgeon training and education: Systematic review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2021Review
- The role of community health workers in the surgical cascade: a scoping review.Human resources for health · 2021Article
- Task-sharing to support paediatric and child health service delivery in low- and middle-income countries: current practice and a scoping review of emerging opportunities.Human resources for health · 2021Article
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