Developing Priorities for Addressing Surgical Conditions Globally: Furthering the Link Between Surgery and Public Health Policy

Abstract

The implications of the prioritization process are that those conditions with the highest public health burden and that have procedures that are highly successful and feasible to promote globally, including in the most resource-constrained environments, should be the main focus of national and international efforts.

Orthopaedic Trauma Care in Haiti: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of an Innovative Surgical Residency Program

“…Developing the supply and quality of surgical health workers has been identified by The Bellagio Essential Surgery Group as a vital solution to this growing problem [5]. As surgery becomes increasingly recognized as a public health priority, it is crucial to provide policymakers, nongovernment organizations, and aid foundations with information to effectively improve surgical care in lower-and middle-income countries (LMICs) [5][6][7]. This analysis models and calculates the cost-effectiveness of an innovative orthopaedic surgery training program to be implemented in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.…”

Surgical epidemiology: a call for action

“…5 Similar achievements in the broader field of surgical epidemiology are feasible through analogous processes of consensus-building among stakeholders. Although these processes were initiated by activities such as the meetings of the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, 3 the Disease Control Priorities Project report 1 and some recent publications, 11 much more needs to be done to establish the field of surgical epidemiology on a sound basis. ■ Competing interests: None declared.…”

Confronting the Global Burden of Surgical Disease

“…These services would be those that address the biggest surgically related health problems and that have surgical treatments that are feasible to promote globally [11].…”