Scalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the Americas
On September 29, 2023, the Republic of Ecuador convened a meeting to address surgical system strengthening and urge political leaders to invest in surgical infrastructure. The meeting included experts in health diplomacy, innovative financing, implementation strategy and national surgical plans. The...
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| author | Nikathan Kumar Gabriella Y. Hyman Ayla Gerk Taylor Wurdeman Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz Scott Corlew Kee B. Park John G. Meara Robert Riviello Emmanuel M. Makasa Jimmy Kolker Joanne Manrique Rubén E. Ayala Geoffrey C. Ibbotson Alex Mejia Luiz Fernando Falcão Maria Jose Garcia Fuentes Mauricio Montalvo-Samaniego Ivonne A. Baki Ernesto Bascolo Alfredo Borrero Vega |
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| description | On September 29, 2023, the Republic of Ecuador convened a meeting to address surgical system strengthening and urge political leaders to invest in surgical infrastructure. The meeting included experts in health diplomacy, innovative financing, implementation strategy and national surgical plans. The event occurred in parallel with the Sixtieth Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization, Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the Americas. The meeting centered around four major areas: (i) building surgical capacity as a means to develop universal health care and emergency preparedness; (ii) developing policies and strategies for strengthening surgical systems; (iii) developing models for financing, sustaining, and improving surgical systems in low- and middle-income countries; and (iv) evaluating implementation strategies for funding these endeavors. National surgical plans represent a critical opportunity to build resilient health care systems by establishing comprehensive and sustainable policies. This article highlights the key messages from the event, which focused on Latin America, to inform the broader global health community. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-61603d0ad4304d1780072dc60e63b2fe2024-12-04T13:05:52ZengPan American Health OrganizationRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública1020-49891680-53482024-12-01481321510.26633/RPSP.2024.132rpspScalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the AmericasNikathan Kumar0Gabriella Y. Hyman1Ayla Gerk2Taylor Wurdeman3Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz4Scott Corlew5Kee B. Park6John G. Meara7Robert Riviello8Emmanuel M. Makasa9Jimmy Kolker10Joanne Manrique11Rubén E. Ayala12Geoffrey C. Ibbotson13Alex Mejia14Luiz Fernando Falcão15Maria Jose Garcia Fuentes16Mauricio Montalvo-Samaniego17Ivonne A. Baki18Ernesto Bascolo19Alfredo Borrero Vega20Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USADepartment of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., USA (retired)Women’s Health and Economic Empowerment Network, Washington, D.C., USADepartment of Health Policy and Advocacy, Operation Smile, Virginia Beach, VA, USAThe Global Surgery Foundation, Geneva, SwitzerlandUnited Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, SwitzerlandDepartment of Anesthesia, Pain and Critical Care Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BrazilCorporación Latinoamericana para la Salud, Quito, Pichincha, EcuadorPermanent Representative of Ecuador to the Organization of American States, Washington, D.C., USAEmbassy of Ecuador in France, Paris, FrancePrimary Health Care and Integrated Service Delivery, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., USACorporación Latinoamericana para la Salud, Quito, Pichincha, EcuadorOn September 29, 2023, the Republic of Ecuador convened a meeting to address surgical system strengthening and urge political leaders to invest in surgical infrastructure. The meeting included experts in health diplomacy, innovative financing, implementation strategy and national surgical plans. The event occurred in parallel with the Sixtieth Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization, Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the Americas. The meeting centered around four major areas: (i) building surgical capacity as a means to develop universal health care and emergency preparedness; (ii) developing policies and strategies for strengthening surgical systems; (iii) developing models for financing, sustaining, and improving surgical systems in low- and middle-income countries; and (iv) evaluating implementation strategies for funding these endeavors. National surgical plans represent a critical opportunity to build resilient health care systems by establishing comprehensive and sustainable policies. This article highlights the key messages from the event, which focused on Latin America, to inform the broader global health community.https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/62663surgerynational health programshealth system resiliencepan american health organizationlatin america |
| spellingShingle | Nikathan Kumar Gabriella Y. Hyman Ayla Gerk Taylor Wurdeman Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz Scott Corlew Kee B. Park John G. Meara Robert Riviello Emmanuel M. Makasa Jimmy Kolker Joanne Manrique Rubén E. Ayala Geoffrey C. Ibbotson Alex Mejia Luiz Fernando Falcão Maria Jose Garcia Fuentes Mauricio Montalvo-Samaniego Ivonne A. Baki Ernesto Bascolo Alfredo Borrero Vega Scalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the Americas Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública surgery national health programs health system resilience pan american health organization latin america |
| title | Scalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the Americas |
| title_full | Scalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the Americas |
| title_fullStr | Scalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the Americas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the Americas |
| title_short | Scalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the Americas |
| title_sort | scalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the americas |
| topic | surgery national health programs health system resilience pan american health organization latin america |
| url | https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/62663 |
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