PMID- 33633928
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210309
LR  - 20210309
IS  - 2214-9996 (Electronic)
IS  - 2214-9996 (Linking)
VI  - 87
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Feb 15
TI  - World Health Assembly 73: A Step Forward for Global Surgery.
PG  - 17
LID - 10.5334/aogh.3237 [doi]
LID - 17
AB  - Member States at this year's World Health Assembly 73 (WHA73), held virtually for 
      the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, passed multiple resolutions that 
      must be considered when framing efforts to strengthen surgical systems. Surgery 
      has been a relatively neglected field in the global health landscape due to its 
      nature as a cross-cutting treatment rather than focusing on a specific disease or 
      demographic. However, in recent years, access to essential and emergency 
      surgical, obstetric, and anesthesia care has gained increasing recognition as a 
      vital aspect of global health. The WHA73 Resolutions concern specific conditions, 
      as has been characteristic of global health practice, yet proper care for each 
      highlighted disease is inextricably linked to surgical care. Global surgery 
      advocates must recognize how surgical system strengthening aligns with these 
      strategic priorities in order to ensure that surgical care continues to be 
      integrated into efforts to decrease global health disparities.
CI  - Copyright: (c) 2021 The Author(s).
FAU - Cahill, Gabrielle L
AU  - Cahill GL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6557-6989
AD  - Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 
      USA.
AD  - University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA.
FAU - Stankey, Makela C
AU  - Stankey MC
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9140-366X
AD  - Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 
      USA.
AD  - Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 
      CA.
FAU - McClain, Craig D
AU  - McClain CD
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3462-9638
AD  - Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 
      USA.
AD  - Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's 
      Hospital, Boston, MA.
FAU - Park, Kee B
AU  - Park KB
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9121-5319
AD  - Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 
      USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210215
PL  - United States
TA  - Ann Glob Health
JT  - Annals of global health
JID - 101620864
SB  - IM
MH  - Anesthesia/*standards
MH  - *COVID-19/epidemiology/therapy
MH  - *General Surgery/organization & administration/standards
MH  - *Global Health/standards/trends
MH  - Health Services Accessibility/*organization & administration
MH  - Healthcare Disparities/*organization & administration
MH  - Humans
MH  - Obstetrics/*standards
MH  - Quality Improvement
MH  - SARS-CoV-2
PMC - PMC7894378
COIS- The authors have no competing interests to declare.
EDAT- 2021/02/27 06:00
MHDA- 2021/03/10 06:00
PMCR- 2021/02/15
CRDT- 2021/02/26 06:04
PHST- 2021/02/26 06:04 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/02/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/03/10 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/02/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.5334/aogh.3237 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Ann Glob Health. 2021 Feb 15;87(1):17. doi: 10.5334/aogh.3237.