Authors’ Reply: Safe Surgery for All: Early Lessons from Implementing a National Government-Driven Surgical Plan in Ethiopia
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Katherine Iverson
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
[email protected]Search for more papers by this authorIsabelle Citron
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel Burssa
State Minister’s Office, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Search for more papers by this authorAtlibachew Teshome
Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Search for more papers by this authorOlivia Ahearn
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorTigistu Ashengo
Technical Leadership Office, Jhpiego, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Search for more papers by this authorErin Barringer
Dalberg Global Development Advisors, New York, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorKaya Garringer
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorVictoria McKitrick
Assist International, Scotts Valley, CA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJohn G. Meara
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSwagoto Mukhopadhyay
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMark G. Shrime
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAsha Varghese
Dalberg Global Development Advisors, New York, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSamson Esseye
Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Katherine Iverson
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
[email protected]Search for more papers by this authorIsabelle Citron
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel Burssa
State Minister’s Office, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Search for more papers by this authorAtlibachew Teshome
Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Search for more papers by this authorOlivia Ahearn
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorTigistu Ashengo
Technical Leadership Office, Jhpiego, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Search for more papers by this authorErin Barringer
Dalberg Global Development Advisors, New York, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorKaya Garringer
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorVictoria McKitrick
Assist International, Scotts Valley, CA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJohn G. Meara
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSwagoto Mukhopadhyay
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMark G. Shrime
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAsha Varghese
Dalberg Global Development Advisors, New York, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSamson Esseye
Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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