Overcoming Political Upheaval to Deliver Pediatric Surgical Care in Afghanistan: Prospective Analysis of the First 1,000 Procedures
This is the largest study on the provision of pediatric surgical care in Afghanistan, demonstrating the successful implementation of infrastructure for surgical capacity in a low-resource setting with a complex political status. Future efforts to quantify the burden of untreated pediatric surgical disease in this setting should assist advocacy efforts toward resource allocation and public health initiatives.
Authors
- Emma Bryce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2823-9940)
- Phillip J. Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3405-8046)
- Maija Cheung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9777-2378)
- Dan Poenaru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6267-6140)
- Dunya Moghul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7218-6584)
- Yalda Obaidy
- Ajmal Sherzad
- Zane Hellman
Institutions
- Kabul University (AF)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Montreal Children's Hospital (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Yale University (US)
- KidsOR (GB)
- Children in Scotland (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2025-02-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/xcs.0000000000001350
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.45