Global surgery : a South African action plan

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dc.contributor.authorHardcastle, T. C.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChu, K. M.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-24T13:32:01Z
dc.date.available2022-03-24T13:32:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-30
dc.descriptionCITATION: 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.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at: https://journals.co.zaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH 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.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent2 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHardcastle, 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.
dc.identifier.issn038-2361 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17159/2078-5151/2020/v58n4a3502
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124362
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherSAJSen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectglobal surgery to the South Africanen_ZA
dc.subjectSurgery -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectTherapeutics, Surgicalen_ZA
dc.subjectSurgical critical careen_ZA
dc.titleGlobal surgery : a South African action planen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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