Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development.

Authors :: Meara, John G.
Leather, Andrew J. M.
Hagander, Lars
Alkire, Blake C.
Alonso, Nivaldo
Ameh, Emmanuel A.
Bickler, Stephen W.
Conteh, Lesong
Dare, Anna J.
Davies, Justine
Dérivois Mérisier, Eunice
El-Halabi, Shenaaz
Farmer, Paul E.
Gawande, Atul
Gillies, Rowan
Greenberg, Sarah L. M.
Grimes, Caris E.
Gruen, Russell L.
Adan Ismail, Edna
Buya Kamara, Thaim
Source :: Lancet. 8/8/2015, Vol. 386 Issue 9993, p569-624. 56p. 3 Diagrams, 7 Charts, 10 Graphs, 2 Maps.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: The article focuses on the journal's Commission on Global Surgery which emphasizes health-care delivery and management; economics and finance; and information management. It mentions message of the commission which include need of 143 million additional surgical procedures in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), health expenditure due to surgery and anaesthesia, and affordable surgical services for LMICs. It presents views of World Bank president Jim Kim on surgery.

Subjects :: *SURGERY
*MEDICAL care
*LOW-income countries
*ANESTHESIA
*SOCIETIES

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