Children’s surgery and the emergency, critical, and operative care resolution: immediate actions to eliminate disparities in surgical anesthesia and perioperative care for all children
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In brief
In brief
This article examines the WHO emergency, critical, and operative care (ECO) resolution addressing the global crisis where 1.7 billion children lack surgical access. It outlines advocacy strategies and actionable pathways to eliminate disparities in pediatric surgical, anesthesia, and perioperative care worldwide.
- 1.7 billion children globally lack access to essential surgical care, representing a massive unmet need.
- The ECO resolution provides a framework to address disparities in pediatric surgical, anesthesia, and perioperative care.
- Advocacy efforts must focus on eliminating barriers to children's surgical care worldwide.
- Emergency, critical, and operative care systems require coordinated action to achieve equitable access for all children.
Written by the GCMD Library team from the article.
Abstract
1.7 billion children lack access to surgical care worldwide. The emergency, critical, and operative care (ECO) resolution represents a call to action to reinvigorate the efforts to address these disparities. We review the ECO resolution and highlight the avenues that may be utilized in advocating for children’s surgical care.