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

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.