title: The evidence needed to make surgery a global health priority.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: rbrugha@rcsi.ie.
authors.forename: Ruairí
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brugha
authors.affiliation: Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bijlmakers
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borgstein
authors.affiliation: Surgical Society of Zambia, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kachimba
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*