International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Progress in Global Surgery; Comment on “Global Surgery – Informing National Strategies for Scaling Up Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa”

Document Type : Commentary

Author
Haile T. Debas
Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
10.15171/ijhpm.2018.69
Abstract
Impressive progress has been made in global surgery in the past 10 years, and now serious and evidence-based national strategies are being developed for scaling-up surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa. Key to achieving this goal requires developing a realistic country-based estimate of burden of surgical disease, developing an accurate estimate of existing need, developing methods, rigorously planning and implementing the plan, and scaling-up essential surgical services at the national level.

Keywords
Global Surgery
Universal Health Coverage
District Hospital
Subjects
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  3. Debas HT, Donkor P, Gawande A; Jamison DT, Kruk ME, Mock CN. Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition: Volume 1. Essential Surgery. Washington, DC: World Bank; 2015.
  4. Mock CN, Donkor P, Gawande A, Jamison DT, Kruk ME, Debas HT. Essential surgery: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition. Lancet. 2015;385(9983):2209-2219. doi:10.1016/ s0140-6736(15)60091-5
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 7, Issue 11
November 2018
Pages 1056-1057

  • Received Date 28 June 2018
  • Revised Date 23 July 2018
  • Accepted Date 23 July 2018
  • First Published Date 01 November 2018
  • Published Date 01 November 2018