Inclusion of Children’s Surgery in National Surgical Plans and Child Health Programmes: the need and roadmap from Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery
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In brief
In brief
1.7 billion children in LMICs lack surgical access, threatening SDG achievement. The Global Initiative for Children's Surgery provides assessment and implementation tools (CSAT, OReCS) to integrate pediatric surgery into National Surgical Plans and scale up children's surgical care in resource-limited settings.
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Abstract
About 1.7 billion children and adolescents, mostly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) lack access to surgical care. While some of these countries have developed surgical plans and others are in the process of developing theirs, children’s surgery has not received the much-needed specific emphasis and focus in these plans. With the significant burden of children’s surgical conditions especially in low- and middle-income countries, universal health coverage and the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) will not be achieved without deliberate efforts to scale up access to children’s surgical care. Inclusion of children’s surgery in National Surgical Obstetric and Anaesthesia Plans (NSOAPs) can be done using the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS)-modified Children’s Surgical Assessment Tool (CSAT) tool for baseline assessment and the Optimal Resources for Children Surgical Care (OReCS) as a foundational tool for implementation.