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ArticleLancet (London, England)2020

Investing in surgery: a value proposition for African leaders.

Desmond T Jumbam, Ché L Reddy, Emmanuel Makasa, Adeline A Boatin, Khama Rogo, Kathryn M Chu, Benetus Nangombe, Olufemi T Oladapo, John G Meara, Salome Maswime

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Article in Lancet (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Desmond T JumbamProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Ché L ReddyProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Emmanuel MakasaWits Centre of Surgical Care for Primary Health and Sustainable Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; PSDM-Cabinet Office, Office of the President, Lusaka, Zambia.
Adeline A BoatinProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Khama RogoWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA.
Kathryn M ChuDepartment of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Benetus NangombeOffice of Executive Director, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, Namibia.
Olufemi T OladapoUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
John G MearaProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Salome MaswimeGlobal Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Electronic address: salome.maswime@uct.ac.za.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Economic DevelopmentHealth Services AccessibilitySurgical Procedures, OperativeWorkforceAfricaAfrica South of the SaharaGeneral SurgeryHumans

Identifiers

PMID32622399
PMCPMC7332255

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