Essential surgery as a key component of primary health care: reflections on the 40th anniversary of Alma-Ata
| Autor: | Mwai H Makoka, Dylan Griswold, S William A Gunn, Walter D. Johnson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Sustainable development
030505 public health Service delivery framework Health Policy Surgical care 030231 tropical medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Primary health care Alma Ata Declaration 03 medical and health sciences Indirect costs 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Political science 0305 other medical science Alma ata |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Global Health. 3:e000705 |
| ISSN: | 2059-7908 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000705 |
| Popis: | Summary box Chinese philosopher Laozi wrote, ‘Go to the people. Live among them. Learn from them. Start with what they know. Build on what they have’. This ancient counsel has modern-day application in the little-known development of primary healthcare (PHC) service delivery models and the integration of surgical care and anaesthesia into these models. Currently, five billion people lack access to safe, timely and affordable surgical and anaesthesia care; in low-resource settings, nine of ten people cannot access basic surgical services. Globally, 33 million individuals incur catastrophic expenditures resulting from surgical and anaesthesia care, and this number climbs to 81 million if indirect costs are included.1 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, approved by … |
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