ArticleWorld journal of surgery2010
The political economy of emergency and essential surgery in global health.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Socially Responsible Surgery: Building Recognition and Coalition.Frontiers in surgery · 2017Article
- Prioritizing Surgical Care on National Health Agendas: A Qualitative Case Study of Papua New Guinea, Uganda, and Sierra Leone.PLoS medicine · 2016Article
- Global Surgery 2030: a roadmap for high income country actors.BMJ global health · 2016Review
- Survey of the capacity for essential surgery and anaesthesia services in Papua New Guinea.BMJ open · 2015Article
- Rectal bleeding and implications for surgical care in Nepal.The Journal of surgical research · 2015Article
- A neglected priority? The importance of surgery in tackling global health inequalities.Journal of global health · 2015Review
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- An assessment of the hospital disease burden and the facilities for the in-hospital care of trauma in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.World journal of surgery · 2013Article
- Emergency and surgery services of primary hospitals in the United Republic of Tanzania.BMJ open · 2012Article
- Commentary on: low-cost mesh for inguinal hernia repair in resource-limited settings.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2011Article
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Abstract
Emergency and essential surgery (EES) remains a low priority on global health agendas even though a growing body of evidence demonstrates that EES is a cost-effective public health intervention and that it holds the potential to prevent a sizable number of deaths and disabilities. The inferior status of EES should be considered, in part, a political problem and subject to political analysis. This type of political economy examination has been used for other important global health issues but has not been applied to EES. By addressing political concerns and prospects, EES can be better positioned on international agendas, thus improving surgical care delivered to the poor.
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