16 Global health and surgery
ACCESS TO SURGICAL CARE
ACCESS TO SURGICAL CARE The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (2015) estimated that 5 billion o...
ESSENTIAL SURGERY THROUGH SURGICAL HEAL THCARE DEL
ESSENTIAL SURGERY THROUGH SURGICAL HEAL THCARE DELIVERY PLATFORMS The 44 essential surgeries list...
ESSENTIAL SURGERY THROUGH SURGICAL HEAL THCARE DELIVERY PLATFORMS
ESSENTIAL SURGERY THROUGH SURGICAL HEAL THCARE DELIVERY PLATFORMS The 44 essential surgeries list...
FURTHER READING
FURTHER READING Bath M, Bashford T , Fitzgerald JE. What is ‘global surgery’? Defining the multidi...
GLOBAL SURGICAL METRICS AND RESEARCH
GLOBAL SURGICAL METRICS AND RESEARCH Surgeons are familiar with vital-sign-based scoring systems ...
INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION
INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION Global health is the health of populations in the global context. Gl...
Introduction
CH A P T E R
Learning objectives
Learning objectives To de /f_i ne: The term global surgery • To describe: The role of a global su...
SURGERY AND IMPOVERISHMENT
SURGERY AND IMPOVERISHMENT Surgeons are tasked to operate and, in so doing, aim to successfully t...
SURGERY AS AN ESSENTIAL AND COST-EFFECTIVE INTERVE
SURGERY AS AN ESSENTIAL AND COST-EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION With the decline in the burden of commun...
SURGERY AS AN ESSENTIAL AND COST-EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION
SURGERY AS AN ESSENTIAL AND COST-EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION With the decline in the burden of commun...
THE GLOBAL SURGICAL WORKFORCE
THE GLOBAL SURGICAL WORKFORCE A surgeon, anaesthetist and obstetrician (SAO) at the district hosp...