Surgical outreach program in poor rural Nigerian communities
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Surgical outreach program in poor rural Nigerian communities.
INTRODUCTION The majority of the world's population resides in rural areas without access to basic surgical care. Taraba State in North-Eastern Nigeria consists of rural communities where approximately 90% of the State's population resides. METHODS This was a prospective study of patients whose surgical conditions were treated during surgical outreach program in rural North-Eastern Nigeria co...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Rural and Remote Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1445-6354
DOI: 10.22605/rrh2200