Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development.

@article{Meara2015GlobalS2,
  title={Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development.},
  author={John G. Meara and Andrew J.M. Leather and Lars Hagander and Blake C. Alkire and Nivaldo Alonso and Emmanuel A. Ameh and Stephen W. Bickler and Lesong Conteh and Anna J. Dare and Justine I. Davies and Eunice D{\'e}rivois M{\'e}risier and Shenaaz el-Halabi and Paul Farmer and Atul A. Gawande and Rowan D. Gillies and Sarah L. M. Greenberg and Caris E. Grimes and Russell Lindsay Gruen and Edna Adan Ismail and Thaim Buya Kamara and Chris Lavy and Ganbold Lundeg and Nyengo Mkandawire and Nakul P. Raykar and Johanna N. Riesel and Edgar B. Rodas and John Rose and Nobhojit Roy and Mark G. Shrime and Richard Sullivan and St{\'e}phane Verguet and David Allan Watters and Thomas G. Weiser and Iain H Wilson and Gavin Yamey and Winnie Yip},
  journal={American journal of obstetrics and gynecology},
  year={2015},
  volume={213 3},
  pages={
          338-40
        }
}
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