Augustino Hellar
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Recent Articles
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Alidina S, Hayirli T, Amiri A, Barash D, Chwa C, Hellar A, et al.
Int J Qual Health Care
. 2024 May;
36(2).
PMID: 38814661
Organizational learning is critical for delivering safe, high-quality surgical care, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where perioperative outcomes remain poor. While current investments in LMICs prioritize physical infrastructure,...
2.
Fitzgerald L, Tibyehabwa L, Varallo J, Ernest E, Patted A, Bertram M, et al.
Surg Open Sci
. 2023 Aug;
14:109-113.
PMID: 37577254
Background: COVID-19 has dramatically affected the delivery of health care and technical assistance. This is true in Tanzania, where maternal mortality and surgical infection rates are significantly higher than in...
3.
Basourakos S, Nang Q, Ballman K, Al Awamlh O, Punjani N, Ho K, et al.
Lancet Glob Health
. 2022 Sep;
10(10):e1514-e1522.
PMID: 36113534
Background: Use of medical devices represents a unique opportunity to facilitate scale-up of early infant male circumcision (EIMC) across sub-Saharan Africa. The ShangRing, a circumcision device prequalified by WHO, is...
4.
Bluestone J, Troncoso E, Fitzgerald L, Nagbe L, Tetteh G, Hellar A, et al.
Glob Health Sci Pract
. 2022 Mar;
10(1).
PMID: 35294392
No abstract available.
5.
Ernest E, Hellar A, Varallo J, Tibyehabwa L, Bertram M, Fitzgerald L, et al.
BMJ Glob Health
. 2021 Dec;
6(12).
PMID: 34876458
Introduction: Despite ongoing maternal health interventions, maternal deaths in Tanzania remain high. One of the main causes of maternal mortality includes postoperative infections. Surgical site infection (SSI) rates are higher...
6.
Alidina S, Tibyehabwa L, Alreja S, Barash D, Bien-Aime D, Cainer M, et al.
Hum Resour Health
. 2021 Sep;
19(1):115.
PMID: 34551758
Background: Safe, high-quality surgical care in many African countries is a critical need. Challenges include availability of surgical providers, improving quality of care, and building workforce capacity. Despite growing evidence...
7.
Alidina S, Zanial N, Meara J, Barash D, Buberwa L, Chirangi B, et al.
J Am Coll Surg
. 2021 May;
233(2):177-191.e5.
PMID: 33957259
Background: Access to safe, high-quality surgical care in sub-Saharan Africa is a critical gap. Interventions to improve surgical quality have been developed, but research on their implementation is still at...
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Hayirli T, Meara J, Barash D, Chirangi B, Hellar A, Kenemo B, et al.
Int J Surg
. 2021 Apr;
89:105944.
PMID: 33862259
Background: Recent efforts to increase access to safe and high-quality surgical care in low- and middle-income countries have proven successful. However, multiple facilities implementing the same safety and quality improvement...
9.
Alidina S, Chatterjee P, Zanial N, Alreja S, Balira R, Barash D, et al.
BMJ Qual Saf
. 2021 Feb;
30(12):937-949.
PMID: 33547219
Background: Evidence on heterogeneity in outcomes of surgical quality interventions in low-income and middle-income countries is limited. We explored factors driving performance in the Safe Surgery 2020 intervention in Tanzania's...
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Hellar A, Tibyehabwa L, Ernest E, Betram M, Fitzgerald L, Giiti G, et al.
World J Surg
. 2019 Nov;
44(3):689-695.
PMID: 31741072
Introduction: Millions of patients worldwide suffer disability and death due to complications related to surgery. Many of these complications can be reduced by the use of the World Health Organization...