El Manual Para el Pueblo (The Manual for the People): a pictorial aid for community health workers to identify surgical conditions

• Main Authors: Sebastian Gualy, BS (Author), Christopher Herrera, BS (Author), Bessy Colman, MD (Author), Alex Guerrero (Author), Nydia Betanco (Author), Katie Magoon, MPA (Author), Jordan Swanson, MSc (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Access to safe, effective, and affordable surgical care is a pressing contemporary public health issue. Deaths from surgically treated conditions exceed those from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. Community outreach is a potential driver of access to surgical treatment, yet educa...