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SAFE SURGERY 2020: ETHIOPIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

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  1. Safe surgery for all: early lessons from implementing a national government-driven surgical plan in Ethiopia. Burssa, D., Teshome, A., Iverson, K., Ahearn, O., Ashengo, T., Barash, D., ... & Meara, J. (2017). World journal of surgery, 41(12), 3038-3045.

  2. Authors’ Reply: Safe Surgery for All: Early Lessons from Implementing a National Government-Driven Surgical Plan in Ethiopia. Iverson, K., Citron, I., Burssa, D., Teshome, A., Ahearn, O., Ashengo, T., ... & Meara, J. G. (2018). World journal of surgery, 42(11), 3814-3815.

  3. Mixed‐methods assessment of surgical capacity in two regions in Ethiopia. Iverson, K. R., Garringer, K., Ahearn, O., Alidina, S., Citron, I., Esseye, S., ... & Mengistu, A. (2019).  British Journal of Surgery, 106(2), e81-e90.

  4. Development of a Surgical Assessment Tool for National Policy Monitoring & Evaluation in Ethiopia: A Quality Improvement Study. Iverson, K.R., Ahearn, O., Citron, I., Garringer, K., Mukhodpadhyay, S., … Meara, J.G. (2020). World Journal of Surgery.

  5. Surgical data strengthening in Ethiopia: results of a Kirkpatrick framework evaluation of a data quality intervention. Bari, S., Incorvia, J., Iverson, K., Bekele, A., Garringer, O., Ahearn, O., Drown, L., Emiru, A., Burssa, D., Workineh, S., Sheferaw, E., Meara, J., Beyene, A., (2021) Global Health Action. 14:1, 1855808

  6. Implementing surgical mentorship in a resource-constrained context: a mixed methods assessment of the experiences of mentees, mentors, and leaders, and lessons learned. Alidina, S.*, Sydlowski, M.*, Ahearn O., Andualem BG., Barash DB., Bari S., Barringer E., Bekele A., Beyene AD., Burssa DG., Deribew M., Drown L., Gulilat D., Gultie TK., Hayirli TC., Meara JGM., Staffa SJ., Workineh SE., Zanial N., Zeleke ZB., Mengistu AE.**, Ashengo TA.** (2022). BMC Medical Education. 22:653.

  7. Surgical key performance indicators in Ethiopia’s national health information system: Answering the call for global surgery data. Iverson KR, Drown L, Bari S, Abate M, Burssa D, Garringer K, Esseye SW, Ahearn O, Incorvia J, Sheferaw ED, Citron I. (2021). East and Central African Journal of Surgery. 26(3):92-103.

 

 

 

 

 

Case Studies and Book Chapters

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  1. Ethiopia Case Study. Admasu, K., Burssa, D., Bekele, A., Beyene, A., Garringer, K., Teshome, A.. (2017). In World Health Organization, World Health Organization Manual on Surgical System Strengthening. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                 

Reports

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  1. A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Safe Surgery 2020 in Amhara and Tigray, Ethiopia, 2016-2018. Bari, S., Ahearn, O., Garringer, K., Incorvia, J., Meara, JG. (2019). Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School: Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

  2. SS2020 SaLTs Implementation Manual 2019. Tadesse et al.

 
 
 
 
 
 
                                            Conference Presentations

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  1. Quantitative Evaluation of Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthetic Capacity in Ethiopia. Iverson, K., Citron I., Ahearn, O., Garringer, K., Mukhodpadhyay, S., Burssa, D., Teshome, A., Bekele, A., Workneh, S., Shrime, M., Meara, J.G. (2018, January). Presented at the Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, FL.

  2. The Hospital Assessment Tool and Key Performance Indicators: Ethiopia’s National Strategy for Surgical System Monitoring & Evaluation. Garringer, K., Iverson, K., Citron, I., Ahearn, O., Mukhopadhyay, S., Burssa, D., Teshome, A., Bekele, A., Esseye, S., Shrime, M., Meara, J.G. (2018, March). Presented at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference, New York, NY.

  3. Assessment of Surgical Data Collection Systems in Five Primary Hospitals in Amhara, Ethiopia. Abate, M., Iverson, K., Garringer, K., Drown, L., Incorvia, J., Ahearn, O., Shrime, M., Meara, J., Beyene, A., Bitew, Z., Gashaw, B., Bekele, A. (2018, April). Presented at the Yale Global Surgery Symposium, New Haven, CT, and the Harvard Global Health Symposium, Boston, MA.

  4. Development of an Intervention to Improve Surgical Data Quality at Hospitals in Ethiopia. Drown, L., Incorvia, J., Bekele, A., Beyene, A., Garringer, K., Ahearn, O., Abate, M., Mengistu, A., Barash, D., Iverson, K.R. (2018, April). Presented at the Yale Global Surgery Symposium, New Haven, CT, and the Harvard Global Health Symposium, Boston, MA.

  5. Developing the Monitoring and Evaluation Pillar of Ethiopia’s National Surgical Plan: Saving Lives Through Safe Surgery. Ahearn, O., Garringer, K., Iverson, K., Bekele, A., Teshome, A., Burssa, D. (2018, December).Presented at the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA) AGM and Scientific Conference, Kigali, Rwanda.

  6. Reasons for Surgical Referral in Rural Ethiopian Hospitals. Garringer, K., Ahearn, O., Incorvia, J., Drown, L., Iverson, K., Burssa, D., Esseye, S., Smith, V., Meara, J., Beyene, A., Bekele, A., Bari, S. (2019, February). Academic Surgical Congress, Houston, TX.

  7. SafeSurgery2020 in Ethiopia: Year One Results and Lessons Learned. Ahearn, O., Garringer, K., Iverson, K., et al. (2019, March).Presented at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference, Chicago, IL.

  8. Data Quality Assessment of Surgical Registries & Electronic Data Entry in Rural Ethiopian Hospitals. Bari, S., Incorvia, J., Drown, L., Garringer, K., Ahearn, O., Iverson, K., Bekele, A., Beyene, A., Meara, J. (2019, March). Presented at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference, Chicago, IL.

  9. Results of a Surgical Key Performance Indicator Data Intervention in Rural Ethiopian Hospitals. Incorvia, J., Bari, S., Garringer, K., Drown, L., Ahearn, O., Iverson, K., Beyene, A., Bekele, A., Daniel G/Michael, Meara, J., Presented at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference, Chicago, IL.

  10. Implementing Surgical mentorship in a resource-constrained context: a mixed methods assessment of the experiences of mentees, mentors, and leaders, and lessons learned. Gulilat D, Alidina S, Sydlowski M, Ahearn O, Andualem BG, Barash DB, Bari S, Barringer E, Bekele A, Beyene AD, Bursa DG, Deribew M, Drown L, , Gultie TK, Hayirli TC, Meara JGM, Staffa SJ, Workineh SE, Zanial N, Zeleke ZB, Mengistu AE**, Ashengo TA.** (2022, December). College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA) Scientific Conference, Windhoek, Namibia.

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