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Survey of ENT services in sub-Saharan Africa: little progress between 2009 and 2015

Wakisa Mulwafua Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi;b Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Robbert Ensinkc Division of Oto-rhino-laryngology, Gelre Hospitals Zutphen, The NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-2586View further author information
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Hannah Kuperd International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKView further author information
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Johannes Fagane Division of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaView further author information
Article: 1289736 | Received 30 Sep 2016, Accepted 14 Jan 2017, Published online: 09 May 2017

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