Achieving Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anesthesia (SOTA) care for all in South Asia.

Journal: Frontiers in public health

Volume: 12

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Year of Publication: 2024

Affiliated Institutions:  Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, Maharashtra, India. Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma and Anaesthesia Care, Chicago, IL, United States. India Hub, NIHR Health Research Unit On Global Surgery, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India. Department of Anesthesiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. Apollo Hospital, Hyderguda, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Department of Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. Department of Surgery, NSCB Government Medical College, Jabalpur, India. Karunya Rural Community Hospital Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. IRD Pakistan and the Global Surgery Foundation, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, United States. Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India. Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Mugda Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Narmada Fertility Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India. College of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists of Sri Lanka, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. Department of Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care, AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Department of Neurosurgery, Northwest School of Medicine, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Army Medical Services, Military Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan. LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Abstract summary 

South Asia is a demographically crucial, economically aspiring, and socio-culturally diverse region in the world. The region contributes to a large burden of surgically-treatable disease conditions. A large number of people in South Asia cannot access safe and affordable surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia (SOTA) care when in need. Yet, attention to the region in Global Surgery and Global Health is limited. Here, we assess the status of SOTA care in South Asia. We summarize the evidence on SOTA care indicators and planning. Region-wide, as well as country-specific challenges are highlighted. We also discuss potential directions-initiatives and innovations-toward addressing these challenges. Local partnerships, sustained research and advocacy efforts, and politics can be aligned with evidence-based policymaking and health planning to achieve equitable SOTA care access in the South Asian region under the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

Authors & Co-authors:  Zadey Rao Gondi Sheneman Patil Nayan Iyer Kumar Prasad Finley Prasad Chintamani Sharma Ghosh Jesudian Fatima Pattisapu Ko Bains Shah Alam Hadigal Malhotra Wijesuriya Shukla Khan Pandya Khan Tenzin Hadiga Peterson

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Price R, Makasa E, Hollands M. World health assembly resolution WHA68.15: “strengthening emergency and essential surgical care and anesthesia as a component of universal health coverage”—addressing the public health gaps arising from lack of safe, affordable and accessible surgical and anesthetic services. World J Surg. (2015) 39:2115–25. doi: 10.1007/s00268-015-3153-y, PMID:
Authors :  31
Identifiers
Doi : 1325922
SSN : 2296-2565
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
United States
Other Terms
LMICs;SOTA care;South Asia;global surgery;health planning;priorities
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Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
Switzerland