Effectiveness of a multicomponent safe surgery intervention on improving surgical quality in Tanzania's Lake Zone: protocol for a quasi-experimental study.
Shehnaz AlidinaSalome KuchukhidzeGopal MenonIsabelle CitronTenzing N LamaJohn MearaDavid BarashAugustino HellarNtuli A KapologweErastus MainaCheri ReynoldsSteven J StaffaAlena TroxelAsha VargheseDavid ZurakowskiMpoki UlisubisyaSarah MaongeziPublished in: BMJ open (2019)
The study has received ethical approval from Harvard Medical School and Tanzania's National Institute for Medical Research. We will report results in peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. If effective, the Safe Surgery 2020 intervention could be a promising approach to improve surgical quality in Tanzania's Lake Zone region and other similar contexts.