Demystifying the potential of Global surgery for Public health

Autor: Parth Patel, Usman Garba Kurmi, Hadiza Abubakar Balkore, Dattatreya Mukherjee
Rok vydání: 2021
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/6b43n
Popis: Remarkable gains have been made in global health in the last 25 years, and surgical care is anintegral component of healthcare systems for countries at all levels of development. Globalsurgery, which global surgery, which comprises clinical, educational, and researchcollaborations to improve surgical care between academic surgeons in high-income countriesand low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and their affiliated academic institutions, hasgrown significantly. Global surgery may resonate most with those in low-or-middle-incomecountries (LCMICs), where basic surgery needs are rarely met, and even the most trivialresource may be hard to obtain on a permanent or reliable basis. Therefore, considering this,this article provides an overview on various factors defining the interface between surgery andpublic health at a global level and discuss future directions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE