Journal article
Global Surgery 2030: Evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development
JG Meara, AJM Leather, L Hagander, BC Alkire, N Alonso, EA Ameh, SW Bickler, L Conteh, AJ Dare, J Davies, ED Mérisier, S El-Halabi, PE Farmer, A Gawande, R Gillies, SLM Greenberg, CE Grimes, RL Gruen, EA Ismail, TB Kamara Show all
Lancet | Published : 2015
Abstract
Remarkable gains have been made in global health in the past 25 years, but progress has not been uniform. Mortality and morbidity from common conditions needing surgery have grown in the world's poorest regions, both in real terms and relative to other health gains. At the same time, development of safe, essential, life-saving surgical and anaesthesia care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) has stagnated or regressed. In the absence of surgical care, case-fatality rates are high for common, easily treatable conditions including appendicitis, hernia, fractures, obstructed labour, congenital anomalies, and breast and cervical cancer. In 2015, many LMICs are facing a multifaceted..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We dedicate this report to Edgar Rodas, who was a commissioner, colleague, and friend. Edgar sadly died on March 2, 2015. The work in this report was enhanced by the generous financial or in-kind support that we received from the following organisations: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Babson College, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Boston Children's Hospital, Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research, FAPESP Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa de Sao Paolo, Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health Delivery-Dubai, Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, King's College London, Lund University, Melbourne Business School, National Cancer Institute, Operation Smile, Pershing Square, Steven C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Foundation, Inc., Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The Rockefeller Foundation, and University of Virgina Darden School of Business. We are grateful to the hundreds of people who contributed to this report. Contributors are listed in the appendix.