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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]

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2022
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, Lotta Velin, Elizabeth F. Yates, Omnia El Omrani, Elizabeth McLeod, Jemesa Tudravu, Lubna Samad, Alistair Woodward, Craig D. McClain   +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]

BMJ Global Health
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, Melissa Carvalho, Catherine Juillard, Rasheedat Oke, Alain Mballa Etoundi, Lauren Agoubi, Brice Fabo, Leonid Daya, Fiona Obiezu, Janet Adeola, Boris A K Nteungue, Yannick Ekane   +11 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]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018
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, Raymond R. Price, Jade M. Nunez   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Framework for developing a national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plan [PDF]

BJS Open, 2019
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, I. Citron, S. Mukhopadhyay, K. Albutt, K. Taylor, D. Jumbam, K. R. Iverson, M. Nthele, A. Bekele, E. Rwamasirabo, S. Maongezi, M. L. Steer, R. Riviello, W. Johnson, J. G. Meara   +14 more
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Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to implement and evaluate national surgical planning. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health, 2017
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.
Saluja S, Silverstein A, Mukhopadhyay S, Lin Y, Raykar N, Keshavjee S, Samad L, Meara JG.   +7 more
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The Pan-African Surgical Healthcare Forum: An African qualitative consensus propagating continental national surgical healthcare policies and plans.

PLOS Global Public Health
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, Justina O Seyi-Olajide, Betel Amdeslassie Fenta, Faustin Ntirenganya, Nkeiruka Obi, Robert Riviello, Sabin Nsanzimana, Emmanuel M Makasa, Emmanuel A Ameh, Abebe Bekele, Pan-African Surgical Healthcare Forum collaborators   +10 more
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Ten years of acute care surgery in Singapore: evolution, outcomes and future challenges [PDF]

World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Background Acute Care Surgery (ACS) has emerged as a structured solution to challenges in emergency general surgery (EGS), including subspecialisation, fragmented coverage, and delays in operative care.
Sachin Mathur, Eliza I-Lin Sin, Chris Hang Liang Keh, Sarah Ru Kher Sim, Jerry Tiong Thye Tiong   +4 more
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National surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia and nursing plan, Nigeria

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2021
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, Anderson, Jamie E, Williams, Omolara M, Faboya, Omolara, Amedu, Joseph O, Anyanwu, Stanley NC, Bethuel-Kasimu, Abraham, Lawal, Olubunmi A, da Lilly-Tariah, Opubo B, Onajin-Obembe, Bisola, Farmer, Diana L, Ameh, Emmanuel A   +11 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Strategic planning to improve surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia, and trauma care in the Asia–Pacific region: introduction

BMC Proceedings, 2023
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, Zachary G. Fowler, Sangchul Yoon, Anusha Jayaram, Makela Stankey, Salmaan Keshavjee, Annette Holian, Geoff Ibbotson, Kee B. Park   +8 more
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The status of pediatric surgery in Malawi: a narrative mini-review

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
IntroductionPediatric surgery is essential to a well-functioning health system. Unmet surgical needs contribute to 6.7% of pediatric deaths in Malawi. Understanding the current state of pediatric surgical care in Malawi is necessary to recognize gaps and
Celina Flocks Monaghan, Chiara Pittalis, Elaine Byrne, Israa Hussein, Tiyamike Chilunjika, Bip Nandi, Bip Nandi, Eric Borgstein, Jakub Gajewski, Jakub Gajewski   +9 more
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