| Autor: |
Smith ER; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Emily_R_Smith@baylor.edu.; Department of Public Health, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97313, Waco, TX, 76798, USA. Emily_R_Smith@baylor.edu., Concepcion TL; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA., Niemeier KJ; Department of Public Health, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97313, Waco, TX, 76798, USA., Ademuyiwa AO; Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. |
| Abstrakt: |
Investing in surgery has been highlighted as integral to strengthening overall health systems and increasing economic prosperity in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). The provision of surgical care in LMICs not only affects economies on a macro-level, but also impacts individual families within communities at a microeconomic level. Given that children represent 50% of the population in LMICs and the burden of unmet surgical needs in these areas is high, investing pediatric-specific components of surgical and anesthesia care is needed. Implementation efforts for pediatric surgical care include incorporating surgery-specific priorities into the global child health initiatives, improving global health financing for scale-up activities for children, increasing financial risk protection mechanisms for families of children with surgical needs, and including comprehensive pediatric surgical models of care into country-level plans. |
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