An Observational Assessment of Anesthesia Capacity in Madagascar as a Prerequisite to the Development of a National Surgical Plan.

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The global lack of anesthesia capacity is well described, but country-specific data are needed to provide country-specific solutions. We aimed to assess anesthesia capacity in Madagascar as part of the development of a Ministry of Health national surgical plan.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Anesth. Analg.

Title: Anesthesia and analgesia

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1526-7598

ISSN (Print): 0003-2999

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2017

Volume: 124

Issue: 6

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[1 ] From the *Mercy Ships, Port of Toamasina, Madagascar; †College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; ‡Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; §Department of Anesthesia, The Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; ‖Ministère de la Santé Publique, Madagascar; ¶Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and #Office of Global Surgery and Health, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Publisher Item ID: 00000539-201706000-00039

DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002049

PubMed ID: 28525513

SO-VID: 78f7b8a0-35be-4d98-be03-e607b913594a

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