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ArticleBMC proceedings2023

Strategic planning to improve surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia, and trauma care in the Asia-Pacific region: introduction.

Rennie X Qin, Zachary G Fowler, Sangchul Yoon, Anusha Jayaram, Makela Stankey, Salmaan Keshavjee, Annette Holian, Geoff Ibbotson, Kee B Park

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Article in BMC proceedings, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Rennie X QinThe Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. rennie.qin@gmail.com.
Zachary G FowlerThe Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Sangchul YoonThe Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Anusha JayaramThe Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Makela StankeyThe Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Salmaan KeshavjeeCenter for Global Health Delivery, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Annette HolianRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons, 250-290 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia.
Geoff IbbotsonUnited Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Palais Des Nations, 1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland.
Kee B ParkThe Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care are required to treat one-third of the global disease burden. They have been recognised as an integral component of universal health coverage. However, five billion people lack access to safe and affordable surgical care when required. Countries in the Asia-Pacific region are currently developing strategies to strengthen their surgical care systems. The Strategic Planning to Improve Surgical, Obstetric, Anaesthesia, and Trauma Care in the Asia-Pacific Region meeting is a three-part virtual meeting series that brought together Ministries of Health, intergovernmental organisers, funders, professional associations, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organisations in the Asia-Pacific region. The meeting series took place over three virtual sessions in February and March 2021. Each session featured framing talks, panel presentations, and open discussions. Participants shared lessons about the challenges and solutions in surgical system strengthening, discussed funding opportunities, and forged strategic partnerships. Participants discussed strategies to build ongoing political momentum and mobilise funding, the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change on surgical care, the need to build a broad-based, inclusive movement, and leveraging remote technologies for workforce development and service delivery. This virtual meeting series is only the beginning of an ongoing community for knowledge sharing and strategic collaboration towards surgical system strengthening in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Asia–PacificGlobal surgeryNational surgical planningSurgical system strengthening

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PMID37488568
PMCPMC10367228

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