Below are links to 3 papers that persuasively argue for the inclusion of surgery and perioperative care among the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals. These papers all shed light on how improving (and, in some instances, creating access to) surgical and perioperative care is essential to addressing the many health- and economic-related challenges across developing countries. Gradian commends these authors for publishing on this important topic and wholeheartedly supports the inclusion of surgical/perioperative care in the next generation of MDGs.

  1. Surgery: A post-2015 Millenium Development Goal priority (by S.L.M. Greenberg; R.G. Maine; R. Gillies; L.E. Hagander; J.G. Meara)
  2. Global surgical care in 2030: metrics and strategies for expansion in access and quality (Selwyn Rogers et al.)
  3. Health priorities post 2015: Surgery must feature on the priority health agenda for the 15 years after 2015 (Sophie Reshamwalla, Sarah Kessler, Iain Wilson; December 2012)

 

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