Desmond Tanko Jumbam

Desmond Tanko Jumbam

Desmond Tanko Jumbam is a Cameroonian health policy analyst with the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School and project coordinator in the Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital.

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Opinion: It’s time for African leaders to invest in surgery

Opinion: It’s time for African leaders to invest in surgery

over 6 years ago // Global health

There are four critical barriers to surgery for people living in low- and middle-income countries: capacity, timeliness, safety, and affordability. Two health care professionals from Cameroon share how to overcome them.