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Sheehan P, Sweeny K, Rasmussen B, Wils A, Friedman HS, Mahon J, Patton GC, Sawyer SM, Howard E, Symons J, Stenberg K, Chalasani S, Maharaj N, Reavley N, Shi H, Fridman M, Welsh A, Nsofor E, Laski L. Building the foundations for sustainable development: a case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents. Lancet 2017; 390:1792-1806. [PMID: 28433259 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)30872-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Revised: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Investment in the capabilities of the world's 1·2 billion adolescents is vital to the UN's Sustainable Development Agenda. We examined investments in countries of low income, lower-middle income, and upper-middle income covering the majority of these adolescents globally to derive estimates of investment returns given existing knowledge. The costs and effects of the interventions were estimated by adapting existing models and by extending methods to create new modelling tools. Benefits were valued in terms of increased gross domestic product and averted social costs. The initial analysis showed high returns for the modelled interventions, with substantial variation between countries and with returns generally higher in low-income countries than in countries of lower-middle and upper-middle income. For interventions targeting physical, mental, and sexual health (including a human papilloma virus programme), an investment of US$4·6 per capita each year from 2015 to 2030 had an unweighted mean benefit to cost ratio (BCR) of more than 10·0, whereas, for interventions targeting road traffic injuries, a BCR of 5·9 (95% CI 5·8-6·0) was achieved on investment of $0·6 per capita each year. Interventions to reduce child marriage ($3·8 per capita each year) had a mean BCR of 5·7 (95% CI 5·3-6·1), with the effect high in low-income countries. Investment to increase the extent and quality of secondary schooling is vital but will be more expensive than other interventions-investment of $22·6 per capita each year from 2015 to 2030 generated a mean BCR of 11·8 (95% CI 11·6-12·0). Investments in health and education will not only transform the lives of adolescents in resource-poor settings, but will also generate high economic and social returns. These returns were robust to substantial variation in assumptions. Although the knowledge base on the impacts of interventions is limited in many areas, and a major research effort is needed to build a more complete investment framework, these analyses suggest that comprehensive investments in adolescent health and wellbeing should be given high priority in national and international policy.
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- Peter Sheehan
- Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia; School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Centre for Adolescent Health Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia; School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Centre for Adolescent Health Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- United Nations Population Fund, New York, NY, USA
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Wang H, Bhutta ZA, Coates MM, Coggeshall M, Dandona L, Diallo K, Franca EB, Fraser M, Fullman N, Gething PW, Hay SI, Kinfu Y, Kita M, Kulikoff XR, Larson HJ, Liang J, Liang X, Lim SS, Lind M, Lopez AD, Lozano R, Mensah GA, Mikesell JB, Mokdad AH, Mooney MD, Naghavi M, Nguyen G, Rakovac I, Salomon JA, Silpakit N, Sligar A, Sorensen RJD, Vos T, Zhu J, Abajobir AA, Abate KH, Abbas KM, Abd-Allah F, Abdulle AM, Abera SF, Aboyans V, Abraham B, Abubakar I, Abu-Raddad LJ, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Abyu GY, Achoki T, Adebiyi AO, Adedeji IA, Adelekan AL, Adou AK, Agarwal A, Ajala ON, Akinyemiju TF, Akseer N, Alam K, Alam NKM, Alasfoor D, Aldridge RW, Alegretti MA, Alemu ZA, Ali R, Alkerwi A, Alla F, Al-Raddadi R, Alsharif U, Altirkawi KA, Martin EA, Alvis-Guzman N, Amare AT, Amberbir A, Amegah AK, Ameh EA, Ammar W, Amrock SM, Andersen HH, Anderson GM, Antonio CAT, Ärnlöv J, Artaman A, Asayesh H, Asghar RJ, Assadi R, Atique S, Avokpaho EFGA, Awasthi A, Quintanilla BPA, Bacha U, Badawi A, Balakrishnan K, Banerjee A, Banigbe BF, Barac A, Barber RM, Barker-Collo SL, Bärnighausen T, Barrero LH, Bayou TA, Bayou YT, Bazargan-Hejazi S, Beardsley J, Bedi N, Bekele T, Bell ML, Bello AK, Bennett DA, Bensenor IM, Berhane A, Bernabé E, Betsu BD, Beyene AS, Bhatt S, Biadgilign S, Bikbov B, Birlik SM, Bisanzio D, Bjertness E, Blore JD, Bourne RRA, Brainin M, Brazinova A, Breitborde NJK, Brown A, Buckle GC, Burch M, Butt ZA, Campos-Nonato IR, Campuzano JC, Cárdenas R, Carpenter DO, Carrero JJ, Carter A, Casey DC, Castañeda-Orjuela CA, Rivas JC, Castro RE, Catalá-López F, Cercy K, Chang HY, Chang JC, Chibueze CE, Chisumpa VH, Choi JYJ, Chowdhury R, Christopher DJ, Ciobanu LG, Colquhoun SM, Cooper C, Cornaby L, Damtew SA, Danawi H, Dandona R, das Neves J, Davis AC, de Jager P, De Leo D, Degenhardt L, Deribe K, Deribew A, Jarlais DCD, deVeber GA, Dharmaratne SD, Dhillon PK, Ding EL, Doshi PP, Doyle KE, Duan L, Dubey M, Ebrahimi H, Ellingsen CL, Elyazar I, Endries AY, Ermakov SP, Eshrati B, Esteghamati A, Faraon EJA, Farid TA, Farinha CSES, Faro A, Farvid MS, Farzadfar F, Fereshtehnejad SM, Fernandes JC, Fischer F, Fitchett JRA, Foigt N, Franklin RC, Friedman J, Fürst T, Gambashidze K, Gamkrelidze A, Ganguly P, Gebre T, Gebrehiwot TT, Gebremedhin AT, Gebru AA, Geleijnse JM, Gessner BD, Ginawi IAM, Giref AZ, Gishu MD, Gomez-Dantes H, Gona P, Goodridge A, Gopalani SV, Goto A, Gouda HN, Gugnani HC, Guo Y, Gupta R, Gupta R, Gupta V, Gyawali B, Haagsma JA, Hafezi-Nejad N, Haile D, Hailu AD, Hailu GB, Hamadeh RR, Hamidi S, Hancock J, Handal AJ, Hankey GJ, Harb HL, Harikrishnan S, Harun KM, Havmoeller R, Hay RJ, Heredia-Pi IB, Hoek HW, Horino M, Horita N, Hosgood HD, Hotez PJ, Hoy DG, Hsairi M, Hu G, Huang C, Huang JJ, Huang H, Huiart L, Huynh C, Iburg KM, Idrisov BT, Innos K, Jacobsen KH, Jahanmehr N, Javanbakht M, Jayatilleke AU, Jee SH, Jeemon P, Jha V, Jiang G, Jiang Y, Jibat T, Jin Y, Jonas JB, Kabir Z, Kalkonde Y, Kamal R, Kan H, Kang G, Karch A, Karema CK, Kasaeian A, Kaul A, Kawakami N, Kayibanda JF, Kazanjan K, Keiyoro PN, Kemp AH, Kengne AP, Keren A, Kereselidze M, Kesavachandran CN, Khader YS, Khalil IA, Khan AR, Khan EA, Khang YH, Khonelidze I, Khubchandani J, Kim CI, Kim D, Kim YJ, Kissoon N, Kivipelto M, Knibbs LD, Kokubo Y, Kosen S, Koul PA, Koyanagi A, Defo BK, Bicer BK, Kudom AA, Kumar GA, Kutz MJ, Kyu HH, Lal DK, Lalloo R, Lam H, Lam JO, Lansingh VC, Larsson A, Leigh J, Leung R, Li Y, Li Y, Lindsay MP, Liu PY, Liu S, Lloyd BK, Lo WD, Logroscino G, Low N, Lunevicius R, Lyons RA, Ma S, Razek HMAE, Razek MMAE, Mahdavi M, Majdan M, Majeed A, Malekzadeh R, Mapoma CC, Marcenes W, Martinez-Raga J, Marzan MB, Masiye F, McGrath JJ, Meaney PA, Mehari A, Mehndiratta MM, Mekonnen AB, Melaku YA, Memiah P, Memish ZA, Mendoza W, Meretoja A, Meretoja TJ, Mhimbira FA, Miller TR, Mills EJ, Mirarefin M, Misganaw A, Mock CN, Mohammad KA, Mohammadi A, Mohammed S, Monasta L, Hernandez JCM, Montico M, Moore AR, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morawska L, Mori R, Mueller UO, Murphy GAV, Murthy S, Nachega JB, Naheed A, Naidoo KS, Naldi L, Nand D, Nangia V, Neupane S, Newton CR, Newton JN, Ng M, Ngalesoni FN, Nguhiu P, Nguyen QL, Nisar MI, Pete PMN, Norheim OF, Norman RE, Ogbo FA, Oh IH, Ojelabi FA, Olivares PR, Olusanya BO, Olusanya JO, Oren E, Ota E, PA M, Park EK, Park HY, Parsaeian M, Caicedo AJP, Patten SB, Pedro JM, Pereira DM, Perico N, Pesudovs K, Petzold M, Phillips MR, Pillay JD, Pishgar F, Polinder S, Pope D, Popova S, Pourmalek F, Qorbani M, Rabiee RHS, Rafay A, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rahman M, Rahman MHU, Rahman SU, Rai RK, Raju M, Ram U, Rana SM, Ranabhat CL, Rao P, Refaat AH, Remuzzi G, Resnikoff S, Reynolds A, Rojas-Rueda D, Ronfani L, Roshandel G, Roth GA, Roy A, Ruhago GM, Sagar R, Saleh MM, Sanabria JR, Sanchez-Niño MD, Santos IS, Santos JV, Sarmiento-Suarez R, Sartorius B, Satpathy M, Savic M, Sawhney M, Schneider IJC, Schöttker B, Schwebel DC, Seedat S, Sepanlou SG, Servan-Mori EE, Setegn T, Shahraz S, Shaikh MA, Shakh-Nazarova M, Sharma R, She J, Sheikhbahaei S, Shen J, Sheth KN, Shibuya K, Shin HH, Shin MJ, Shiri R, Shuie I, Sigfusdottir ID, Silva DAS, Silverberg J, Simard EP, Sindi S, Singh A, Singh JA, Singh OP, Singh PK, Singh V, Soriano JB, Soshnikov S, Sposato LA, Sreeramareddy CT, Stathopoulou V, Steel N, Stroumpoulis K, Sturua L, Sunguya BF, Swaminathan S, Sykes BL, Szoeke CEI, Tabarés-Seisdedos R, Tavakkoli M, Taye B, Tedla BA, Tefera WM, Tekle T, Shifa GT, Terkawi AS, Tesfay FH, Tessema GA, Thapa K, Thomson AJ, Thorne-Lyman AL, Tobe-Gai R, Tonelli M, Topor-Madry R, Topouzis F, Tran BX, Troeger C, Truelsen T, Dimbuene ZT, Tura AK, Tyrovolas S, Ukwaja KN, Uneke CJ, Uthman OA, Vaezghasemi M, Vasankari T, Vasconcelos AMN, Venketasubramanian N, Verma RK, Violante FS, Vladimirov SK, Vlassov VV, Vollset SE, Wang L, Wang Y, Weichenthal S, Weiderpass E, Weintraub RG, Weiss DJ, Werdecker A, Westerman R, Widdowson MA, Wijeratne T, Williams TN, Wiysonge CS, Wolfe CDA, Wolfe I, Won S, Wubshet M, Xiao Q, Xu G, Yadav AK, Yakob B, Yano Y, Yaseri M, Ye P, Yebyo HG, Yip P, Yonemoto N, Yoon SJ, Younis MZ, Yu C, Zaidi Z, Zaki MES, Zeeb H, Zhang H, Zhao Y, Zheng Y, Zhou M, Zodpey S, Murray CJL. Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 2016; 388:1725-1774. [PMID: 27733285 PMCID: PMC5224696 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31575-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 515] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Revised: 08/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Established in 2000, Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4) catalysed extraordinary political, financial, and social commitments to reduce under-5 mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. At the country level, the pace of progress in improving child survival has varied markedly, highlighting a crucial need to further examine potential drivers of accelerated or slowed decreases in child mortality. The Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study (GBD 2015) provides an analytical framework to comprehensively assess these trends for under-5 mortality, age-specific and cause-specific mortality among children under 5 years, and stillbirths by geography over time. METHODS Drawing from analytical approaches developed and refined in previous iterations of the GBD study, we generated updated estimates of child mortality by age group (neonatal, post-neonatal, ages 1-4 years, and under 5) for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational geographies, from 1980-2015. We also estimated numbers and rates of stillbirths for these geographies and years. Gaussian process regression with data source adjustments for sampling and non-sampling bias was applied to synthesise input data for under-5 mortality for each geography. Age-specific mortality estimates were generated through a two-stage age-sex splitting process, and stillbirth estimates were produced with a mixed-effects model, which accounted for variable stillbirth definitions and data source-specific biases. For GBD 2015, we did a series of novel analyses to systematically quantify the drivers of trends in child mortality across geographies. First, we assessed observed and expected levels and annualised rates of decrease for under-5 mortality and stillbirths as they related to the Soci-demographic Index (SDI). Second, we examined the ratio of recorded and expected levels of child mortality, on the basis of SDI, across geographies, as well as differences in recorded and expected annualised rates of change for under-5 mortality. Third, we analysed levels and cause compositions of under-5 mortality, across time and geographies, as they related to rising SDI. Finally, we decomposed the changes in under-5 mortality to changes in SDI at the global level, as well as changes in leading causes of under-5 deaths for countries and territories. We documented each step of the GBD 2015 child mortality estimation process, as well as data sources, in accordance with the Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting (GATHER). FINDINGS Globally, 5·8 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 5·7-6·0) children younger than 5 years died in 2015, representing a 52·0% (95% UI 50·7-53·3) decrease in the number of under-5 deaths since 1990. Neonatal deaths and stillbirths fell at a slower pace since 1990, decreasing by 42·4% (41·3-43·6) to 2·6 million (2·6-2·7) neonatal deaths and 47·0% (35·1-57·0) to 2·1 million (1·8-2·5) stillbirths in 2015. Between 1990 and 2015, global under-5 mortality decreased at an annualised rate of decrease of 3·0% (2·6-3·3), falling short of the 4·4% annualised rate of decrease required to achieve MDG4. During this time, 58 countries met or exceeded the pace of progress required to meet MDG4. Between 2000, the year MDG4 was formally enacted, and 2015, 28 additional countries that did not achieve the 4·4% rate of decrease from 1990 met the MDG4 pace of decrease. However, absolute levels of under-5 mortality remained high in many countries, with 11 countries still recording rates exceeding 100 per 1000 livebirths in 2015. Marked decreases in under-5 deaths due to a number of communicable diseases, including lower respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases, measles, and malaria, accounted for much of the progress in lowering overall under-5 mortality in low-income countries. Compared with gains achieved for infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies, the persisting toll of neonatal conditions and congenital anomalies on child survival became evident, especially in low-income and low-middle-income countries. We found sizeable heterogeneities in comparing observed and expected rates of under-5 mortality, as well as differences in observed and expected rates of change for under-5 mortality. At the global level, we recorded a divergence in observed and expected levels of under-5 mortality starting in 2000, with the observed trend falling much faster than what was expected based on SDI through 2015. Between 2000 and 2015, the world recorded 10·3 million fewer under-5 deaths than expected on the basis of improving SDI alone. INTERPRETATION Gains in child survival have been large, widespread, and in many places in the world, faster than what was anticipated based on improving levels of development. Yet some countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, still had high rates of under-5 mortality in 2015. Unless these countries are able to accelerate reductions in child deaths at an extraordinary pace, their achievement of proposed SDG targets is unlikely. Improving the evidence base on drivers that might hasten the pace of progress for child survival, ranging from cost-effective intervention packages to innovative financing mechanisms, is vital to charting the pathways for ultimately ending preventable child deaths by 2030. FUNDING Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Meara JG, Leather AJM, Hagander L, Alkire BC, Alonso N, Ameh EA, Bickler SW, Conteh L, Dare AJ, Davies J, Mérisier ED, El-Halabi S, Farmer PE, Gawande A, Gillies R, Greenberg SLM, Grimes CE, Gruen RL, Ismail EA, Kamara TB, Lavy C, Lundeg G, Mkandawire NC, Raykar NP, Riesel JN, Rodas E, Rose J, Roy N, Shrime MG, Sullivan R, Verguet S, Watters D, Weiser TG, Wilson IH, Yamey G, Yip W. Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development. Lancet 2015; 386:569-624. [PMID: 25924834 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60160-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2191] [Impact Index Per Article: 243.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- John G Meara
- Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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- King's Centre for Global Health, King's Health Partners and King's College London, London, UK
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- Pediatric Surgery and Global Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
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- Plastic Surgery Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Peadiatric Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Rady Children's Hospital, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- King's Centre for Global Health, King's Health Partners and King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Division of Global Health Equity, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Partners in Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ariadne Labs Boston, MA, USA
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
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- Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- King's Centre for Global Health, King's Health Partners and King's College London, London, UK
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- The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone; Department of Surgery, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi; School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Cinterandes Foundation, Universidad del Cuenca, and Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador; Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Office of Global Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Interfaculty Initiative in Health Policy, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Institute of Cancer Policy, Kings Health Partners Integrated Cancer Centre, King's Centre for Global Health, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, East Melbourne, and Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
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- Evidence to Policy Initiative, Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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