Download or read book Operation Health written by Adam L. Kushner and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam L. Kushner argues that not only are severe medical conditions like a strangulated hernia or obstetric fistula treatable by surgical means in low-income countries; they are, in fact, surgically preventable. More than a quarter of the world's population lacks access to straightforward and life-saving surgical procedures.