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John G Meara

Harvard Medical School
Verified email at childrens.harvard.edu
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Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development

JG Meara, AJM Leather, L Hagander, BC Alkire… - The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Remarkable gains have been made in global health in the past 25 years, but progress has
not been uniform. Mortality and morbidity from common conditions needing surgery have …

[HTML][HTML] High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution

…, T Marchant, MP Matsoso, JG Meara… - The Lancet global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs)
in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing health needs, growing …

Immediate and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delivery of surgical services

…, CSC Teh, J Ng-Kamstra, JG Meara… - Journal of British …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The ongoing pandemic is having a collateral health effect on delivery of surgical
care to millions of patients. Very little is known about pandemic management and effects on …

[HTML][HTML] Global access to surgical care: a modelling study

…, T Uribe-Leitz, G Molina, N Roy, JG Meara… - The Lancet Global …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background More than 2 billion people are unable to receive surgical care based on
operating theatre density alone. The vision of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery is …

Global cancer surgery: delivering safe, affordable, and timely cancer surgery

…, J Liberman, AJM Leather, JG Meara… - The lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Surgery is essential for global cancer care in all resource settings. Of the 15ˇ2 million new
cases of cancer in 2015, over 80% of cases will need surgery, some several times. By 2030, …

[HTML][HTML] The Lancet Commission on diagnostics: transforming access to diagnostics

…, AB Labrique, LM Looi, JG Meara, J Nkengasong… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
At the end of 2019, the first reports of a new respiratory virus appeared in China. The
subsequent COVID-19 pandemic has affected every person, in every country, in the world. One …

Risk and incidence of dementia in a cohort of older subjects with Parkinson's disease in the United Kingdom

P Hobson, J Meara - Movement Disorders, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
To determine the incidence and possible risk factors for dementia in patients with clinically
probable Parkinson's disease (PD), a cohort (n = 86) of nondemented patients over 65 years …

Accuracy of diagnosis in patients with presumed Parkinson's disease.

J Meara, BK Bhowmick, P Hobson - Age and ageing, 1999 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES: to study the diagnostic accuracy for parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease in
a community-based sample of subjects on anti-parkinsonian medication. METHODS: …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular cloning and expression of human alveolar macrophage cathepsin S, an elastinolytic cysteine protease.

GP Shi, JS Munger, JP Meara, DH Rich… - Journal of Biological …, 1992 - Elsevier
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[HTML][HTML] Cost-effectiveness of surgery and its policy implications for global health: a systematic review and analysis

…, SC Resch, TG Weiser, JG Meara - The Lancet Global …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background The perception of surgery as expensive and complex might be a barrier to its
widespread acceptance in global health efforts. We did a systematic review and analysis of …