Global surgery : a South African action plan
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2020-11-30
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Global surgery is the study, research, and practice of improving access for all people to quality and timely surgical care locally and transnationally. This relatively new academic field was kick started in 2015 with the launch of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery1 and a World Health Assembly declaration that essential and emergency surgical care (EESC) is an essential component of universal health coverage.2 What does global surgery mean to the South African surgeon and how can it improve healthcare
provision for surgical conditions within our region? Surgical care is an indispensable, cross-cutting health service that is necessary to improve health in diverse areas, such as cancer, injury, cardiovascular disease, infection, and maternal/child health. The high burden of trauma, noncommunicable diseases (including cancer), maternal and child-health challenges, and communicable diseases (HIV
and TB in particular) are a quadruple threat to the health and well-being of South Africans.3 Poor access to highquality surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia care remains a major contributor to the global disease burden, accounting for large numbers of deaths worldwide.
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CITATION: Hardcastle, T. C. & Chu, K. M. 2020. Global surgery : a South African action plan. South African Journal of Surgery, 58(4):176-177, doi:10.17159/2078-5151/2020/v58n4a3502.
The original publication is available at: https://journals.co.za
The original publication is available at: https://journals.co.za
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global surgery to the South African, Surgery -- South Africa, Therapeutics, Surgical, Surgical critical care
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Hardcastle, T. C. & Chu, K. M. 2020. Global surgery : a South African action plan. South African Journal of Surgery, 58(4):176-177, doi:10.17159/2078-5151/2020/v58n4a3502.