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African countries need 50 times more doctors to curb their surgery deaths [1]

A new study has found that surgery patients are twice as likely to die in Africa compared to the global average. A lack of resources was to blame for the high mortality rate.

Publication Date: 
12/01/2018
Southern African [2]
Tags:
Health [3], Health Care [4], Africa [5], South Africa [6], Ghana [7]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/african-countries-need-50-times-more-doctors-curb-their-surgery-deaths
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/southern-african
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-africa
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ghana