1Department of Neurosurgery, Curaçao Medical Center, Willemstad, Curaçao Curaçao
2University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
3American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Cupecoy, Sint Maarten
4Epilepsy Clinic, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, México City, México
5Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
6Program of Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
7Department of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA USA
8Mercy Ships, Garden Valley, Lindale, TX USA
9University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL USA
10Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
11Global Neurosurgery Research Group, Mission:Brain Foundation, Sausalito, CA USA
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