Abstract
The aim of this report is to examine the definition of global surgery, discuss the problems and propose some suggestions. Global surgery aims to improve the surgical conditions to maintain a standard and equal surgical care, especially in low- and middle-income countries where burden of surgical diseases are increasing over the years. According to Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, 1.27 million more surgical healthcare workers will be required to provide minimal surgical workforce, by 2030. In resource-limited settings of the world-wide where medical education and post-graduation training programs are disrupted due to brain drain, instable conditions and economic reasons, sustaining a standard and accessible surgical care are possible by training surgeons.
 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.20(3) 2021 p.483-486
Highlights
According to the report, issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016, it was estimated that a total of 266.2 to 359.5 million operations were performed in 2012 in the world
Global surgery: Improving health in low-income countries epidemiological changes in these regions, unmet surgical burdens have become a major problem of morbidity and mortality[9,11,24]
Since more than 2 billion people in the world cannot reach safe and affordable surgery and this number is expected to increase in the following years, the definition of global surgery has emerged
Summary
Global surgery and surgical diseases are, two entities whose borders are not clearly defined, and the global burden of surgery is difficult to predict and quantify. Farmer and Kim defined global surgery as: “The neglected stepchild of global health” in 20089. This definition is so accurate that, mortality of 500,000 women each year during labor and inadequacy or absence of surgical services addressing to this problem inpoorer regions of the world emphasizes the situation[9,10]. 1. Orhan Alimoglu, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Medeniyet University, MedicalFaculty, Goztepe Dr SuleymanYalcin City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, and Istanbul Medeniyet University Africa Health Training and Research Center (MASAM), Istanbul, Turkey. Global surgery: Improving health in low-income countries epidemiological changes in these regions (cancer, traffic accidents, etc.), unmet surgical burdens have become a major problem of morbidity and mortality[9,11,24]. Since more than 2 billion people in the world cannot reach safe and affordable surgery and this number is expected to increase in the following years, the definition of global surgery has emerged
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