Surgery and anaesthesia in the South African context : looking forward

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dc.contributor.author Patel, N.
dc.contributor.author Peffer, M.
dc.contributor.author Leusink, A.
dc.contributor.author Singh, N.
dc.contributor.author Smith, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-05-11T12:41:11Z
dc.date.available 2016-05-11T12:41:11Z
dc.date.issued 2016-02
dc.description.abstract Historically considered an expensive, inefficient and limited public healthcare initiative, the place of surgery as the ‘forgotten stepchild’ of public health now leaves almost 5 billion individuals worldwide unable to access safe, affordable surgery when needed. In his keynote address at the National Forum on Surgery and Anaesthesia, held at the University of the Witwatersrand in December 2015, Deputy Minister of Health Dr Mathume Phaala stated that the ideal of a long and healthy life for all South Africans cannot be achieved without improved access to safe surgery and anaesthesia, a goal necessitating improvements in existing infrastructure, information systems, financial management and leadership. This marked the introduction of a groundbreaking event – the launch of a sustained Global Surgery movement in South Africa (SA) aimed at stimulating discussion on and conceptualising the future of surgery in SA. Discussion focused on needs assessment, a review of the essential package of surgical and anaesthetic care offered at regional, district and tertiary levels, monitoring of policy implementation, and a movement from the ideals of the Millennium Development Goals to sustainable goals. en_ZA
dc.description.department Surgery en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2016 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.samj.org.za en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Patel, N, Peffer, M, Leusink, A, Singh, N & Smith, M 2015, 'Surgery and anaesthesia in the South African context : looking forward', South African Medical Journal, vol. 106, no. 2, pp. 135-136. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i2.10529
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52568
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Health and Medical Publishing Group en_ZA
dc.rights © 2015 Health & Medical Publishing Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0). en_ZA
dc.subject Public healthcare en_ZA
dc.subject National forum en_ZA
dc.subject Surgery en_ZA
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_ZA
dc.title Surgery and anaesthesia in the South African context : looking forward en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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