Objectives To reduce preventable deaths of newborns and children, the United Nations set a
target rate per 1000 live births of 12 for neonatal mortality (NMR) and 25 for under-5 …

Background Expansion of access to surgical care can improve health outcomes, although
the impact that scale-up of the surgical workforce will have on child mortality is poorly …

Purpose 1.7 billion children lack access to surgical care, particularly in low-and middle-
income countries (LMIC). The pediatric surgical workforce density (PSWD), an indicator of …

Objectives The optimal size of the health workforce for children's surgical care around the
world remains poorly defined. The goal of this study was to characterise the surgical …

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 …

Purpose Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have only 19% of the global surgical
workforce yet see 80% of worldwide deaths from noncommunicable diseases. We aimed to …

Background Countries with fewer than 20 specialist surgeons, anaesthetists, and
obstetricians (SAO) per 100 000 population have worse health outcomes. To achieve …

Background Billions of people are without access to surgical care, in part because of the
inequitable distribution of the surgical workforce. Drawing on recently collected data for the …

While the development from child to adult spans the first 8000 days (or 21 years) of life,
much of the focus in global child health has been on the first 1000 days of life (between …

Background The global volume of surgery is estimated at 312.9 million operations annually,
but rates of surgery vary dramatically. Identifying surgical rates associated with improved …