Surgical care is an integral component of healthcare services in all countries, and its quality
is evaluated through monitoring of national indicators of safe surgical and anaesthesia care …

Abstract Introduction The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery indicators for monitoring
anesthetic and surgical care allow the identification of access barriers, evaluate the safety of …

BACKGROUND: International standards for safe anesthetic care have been developed by
the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) and the World Health …

Background Surgical, anaesthetic, and obstetric (SAO) health-care system strengthening is
needed to address the emergency and essential surgical care that approximately 5 billion …

Every year, around 300 million surgical procedures are performed worldwide 1, 2, with an
estimated 4% early postoperative mortality rate. 3, 4 However, little is known about global …

Background Underdeveloped nations suffer from significant deficiencies in surgical and
anesthesia care. Although surgical inequities are a pressing issue internationally, the extent …

BACKGROUND: Anesthesia in West Africa is associated with high mortality rates. Critical
shortages of adequately trained personnel, unreliable electrical supply, and lack of basic …

Background To improve access to surgical care in rural Nicaragua, a collaboration was
established between the Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS), Operation Smile …

Background The importance of safe anesthesia for the best possible surgical outcomes in
every patient is not disputed in high resource settings. Low-income countries lag far behind …

In the Sustainable Development Goals era, there is a new awareness of the need for an
integrated approach to healthcare interventions and a strong commitment to Universal …