D.J. DU PLESSIS LECTURE

 

Surgical research in sub-Saharan Africa: A role for TeleHealth?

 

Maurice Mars

M.B. CH.B., M.D.; Department of TeleHealth, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

 

 

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