ReviewWorld journal of surgery2015
World Health Assembly Resolution WHA68.15: "Strengthening Emergency and Essential Surgical Care and Anesthesia as a Component of Universal Health Coverage"—Addressing the Public Health Gaps Arising from Lack of Safe, Affordable and Accessible Surgical and Anesthetic Services.
Review in World journal of surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03185637 (Paediatric Surgery Across Sub-Saharan Africa), which is not on this map. Cited by 167 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Paediatric Surgery Across Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multi-Centre Prospective Cohort Study
Who cites it
167 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care: Second Edition (2026).World journal of surgery · 2026Guideline
- Systematic review of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery indicators with quality assessment of modelled estimates.The British journal of surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Cost-effectiveness of surgical interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and critical analysis of recent evidence.BMJ global health · 2024Pooled it
- Incidence and predictors of postoperative complications in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in health services · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Cost-Effectiveness of Cleft Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What is Needed?The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2023Pooled it
- Are LMICs Achieving the Lancet Commission Global Benchmark for Surgical Volumes? A Systematic Review.World journal of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Measurements of Surgical Volume in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, a Systematic Review.Annals of global health · 2023Pooled it
- Pediatric traumatic brain injury prehospital guidelines: a systematic review and appraisal.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022Pooled it
- Candidate Quality Measures for Orthopaedic Surgery Outreach Trips: A Systematic Review.The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 2021Pooled it
- Surgical capacity assessment in the state of Amazonas using the surgical assessment tool. Cross-sectional study.Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2022Trial
- Development of a Surgical Data Availability and Transferability Assessment Tool and Its Use in Evaluating Mozambique's Surgical Data Ecosystem.World journal of surgery · 2026Article
- The 30-day perioperative outcomes of sigmoid volvulus surgery in resource-limited setting in Northcentral Ethiopia.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- Catastrophic health expenditure associated to bellwether surgery care in Northcentral Ethiopia.BMC surgery · 2026Observational
- Association of surgery and economic development in low- and middle-income countries: evidence from a dynamic panel data analysis.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Observational
- National surgical, obstetrics, and anaesthesia plans in Sub-Saharan Africa: a comparative economic content analysis.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Analysis of bilateral development assistance for surgery in low- and middle-income countries: trends, challenges and opportunities.BMJ global health · 2026Review
- Evaluating the effectiveness and utilization of the primary emergency care training in Nepal: a longitudinal mixed methods study.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Capacity building through workforce training and community engagement for Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anaesthesia (SOTA) care: Case studies from South Asia.Dialogues in health · 2026Review
107 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
On May 22 2015, the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted resolution WHA68.15, "Strengthening emergency and essential surgical care and anesthesia as a component of universal health coverage (UHC)." For the first time, governments worldwide acknowledged and recognized surgery and anesthesia as key components of UHC and health systems strengthening. The resolution details and outlines the highest level of political commitments to address the public health gaps arising from lack of safe, affordable, and accessible surgical and anesthetic services in an integrated approach. This article reviews the background of resolution WHA68.15 and discusses how it can be of use to surgeons, anesthetists, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and others caring for the surgical patients, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
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