Building sustainable and resilient surgical systems: A narrative review of opportunities to integrate climate change into national surgical planning in the Western Pacific region [PDF]
Summary: Five billion people lack access to surgical care worldwide; climate change is the biggest threat to human health in the 21st century. This review studies how climate change could be integrated into national surgical planning in the Western ...
Rennie X. Qin +8 more
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Integrating political prioritisation into national surgical planning: a scoping review of surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia care in Cameroon [PDF]
Background Surgical diseases contribute substantially to death and disability in Cameroon. Strategic planning for surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia (SOA) care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) requires consideration of the policy ...
Sara Fewer +11 more
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Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to implement and evaluate national surgical planning [PDF]
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery defined six surgical indicators and a framework for a national surgical plan that aimed to incorporate surgical care as a part of global public health. Multiple countries have since begun national surgical planning; each faces unique challenges in doing so.
Saurabh Saluja +2 more
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Local Research Catalyzes National Surgical Planning; Comment on “Global Surgery – Informing National Strategies for Scaling Up Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa” [PDF]
In 2015 the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) argued that surgical care is important to national health systems along with the economic viability of countries. Gajewski and colleagues outlined how the Commission’s blueprint has been implemented
Micah G. Katz +2 more
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Framework for developing a national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plan [PDF]
Background Emergency and essential surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia (SOA) care are now recognized components of universal health coverage, necessary for a functional health system.
K. A. Sonderman +14 more
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Access to equitable, safe, affordable, timely, and quality surgical healthcare in Africa remains limited. Few African countries have surgical healthcare plans or policies.
Barnabas Tobi Alayande +10 more
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Medial closing wedge distal femoral osteotomy with patient-specific instrumentation: surgical technique, accuracy, and preliminary outcomes [PDF]
Introduction and aimMedial closing wedge distal femoral osteotomy (MCW-DFO) is a surgical technique used to treat symptomatic valgus knee deformity. This retrospective study aims to evaluate the reliability of Patient-Specific Instrumentation (PSI) in ...
Leonardo Puddu +14 more
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National surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia and nursing plan, Nigeria
Recent evidence suggests that strengthening surgical care within existing health systems will strengthen the overall health-care system. However, Nigeria's national strategic health development plan 2018-2022 placed little emphasis on surgical care. To address the gap, we worked with professional societies and other partners to develop the national ...
Seyi-Olajide, Justina O +11 more
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Objective While National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Plans (NSOAPs) have emerged as a strategy to strengthen and scale up surgical healthcare systems in low/middle-income countries (LMICs), the degree to which children’s surgery is addressed is not well-known.
Sabrina Wimmer +9 more
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Surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care are required to treat one-third of the global disease burden. They have been recognised as an integral component of universal health coverage.
Rennie X. Qin +8 more
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