Global surgery and the sustainable development goals

L Roa, DT Jumbam, E Makasa… - Journal of British …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background The field of global surgery has gained significant recent momentum, catalysed
by the 2015 publication of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, Disease Control …

Perioperative mortality rates in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JS Ng-Kamstra, S Arya, SLM Greenberg, M Kotagal… - BMJ Global …, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery proposed the perioperative mortality
rate (POMR) as one of the six key indicators of the strength of a country's surgical system …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of COVID-19 response on global surgical volumes: an ongoing observational study

VN O'Reilly-Shah, W Van Cleve, DR Long… - Bulletin of the World …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To determine whether location-linked anaesthesiology calculator mobile
application (app) data can serve as a qualitative proxy for global surgical case volumes and …

Access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical care in Uganda: a stratified randomized evaluation of nationwide public sector surgical capacity and core surgical …

K Albutt, M Punchak, P Kayima… - World journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Access to safe surgery is critical to health, welfare, and economic development.
In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery recommended that all countries collect …

The scale-up of the global surgical workforce: Can estimates be achieved by 2030?

KM Daniels, JN Riesel, S Verguet, JG Meara… - World journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery showed that countries with
surgeon, anesthetist, and obstetrician (SAO) densities of 20–40 SAO/100,000 population …

Evaluating the status of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery indicators for India

S Zadey, H Iyer, A Nayan, R Shetty, S Sonal… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
For universal surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia care by 2030, the Lancet
Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) suggested tracking six indicators. We reviewed …

Roadblocks and solutions to planning surgical care for a billion Indians

S Zadey, S Sonal, H Iyer, H Baxy, ER Smith… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
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 …

The need to collect, aggregate, and analyze global anesthesia and surgery data.

S Juran, M Gruendl, IH Marks, PN Broer… - Canadian journal of …, 2019 - escholarship.org
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 …

Use of WhatsApp messaging technology to strengthen obstetric referrals in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana: Findings from a feasibility study

MD Owen, HM Ismail, D Goodman, M Batakji, SM Kim… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In Ghana, the high-risk obstetric referral system is inadequate. Delay is common and
patients often arrive to receiving hospitals in compromised states. An effective referral …

Partnering to build surgical capacity in low-resource settings: a qualitative study of Canadian global surgeons

MU Khalid, A Mac, M Biderman, L Errett, A Sriharan - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives This qualitative study aimed to explore the perspectives of Canadian global
surgeons with experience developing surgical education partnerships with low-and middle …