"Problems you can live with" versus emergencies: how community members in rural Ethiopia contend with conditions requiring surgery

• Main Authors: Hanna Negussie (Author), Medhanit Getachew (Author), Andualem Deneke (Author), Amezene Tadesse (Author), Ahmed Abdella (Author), Martin Prince (Author), Andrew Leather (Author), Charlotte Hanlon (Author), Chris Willott (Author), Rosie Mayston (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background 98% of people with surgical conditions living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not receive safe, timely and affordable surgical and anesthesia care. Research exploring barriers to receiving care has tended to be narrow in focus, often facility-based and ignoring the...