Access to safe surgical care has been acknowledged as a major global and public health
concern in recent years. In 2010, 16.9 million people died from conditions requiring surgical …

Efforts have been made to strengthen national health systems for safe, affordable, and timely
surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia (SOTA) care since 2015 when the Lancet …

India, the largest lower-middle-income country (LMIC), contributes one-fifth of the global
population that lacks timely access to safe and affordable essential and emergency surgery …

In 2015 three major events occurred for global anaesthesia and surgery. In January, the
World Bank published Disease Control Priorities 3rd edition (DCP 3rd edition). This volume …

The world's burden of surgical diseases is large and increasing. Unfortunately,\5% of all
surgical procedures are performed in countries ranked within the lowest onethird in terms of …

Building upon tenets of the Amsterdam Declaration on Essential Surgical Care ratified in
November 2014 which called for the passage of WHA A68/15 and action towards its key …

Conditions that can be treated or alleviated by surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia services,
collectively termed surgical care, account for approximately one-third of the total global …

Progress in achieving “universal access to safe, affordable surgery, and anesthesia care
when needed” is dependent on consensus not only about the key messages but also on …

METHODS: A situational analysis will be conducted to assess the existing policy, strategy,
and capacity for surgical care at all levels of the health system, both centrally and …

March 2020• Volume 130• Number 3 www. anesthesia-analgesia. org e93 event entitled
“Safe and affordable surgery in small island developing nations” and spoke about the need …