TY - JOUR
T1 - Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery
T2 - A Model of Global Collaboration to Advance the Surgical Care of Children
AU - Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery
AU - Wright, Naomi
AU - Jensen, Guy
AU - St-Louis, Etienne
AU - Grabski, David
AU - Yousef, Yasmine
AU - Kaseje, Neema
AU - Goodman, Laura
AU - Anderson, Jamie
AU - Ameh, Emmanuel
AU - Banu, Tahmina
AU - Bickler, Stephen
AU - Butler, Marilyn
AU - Cooper, Michael
AU - Gathuya, Zipporah
AU - Kamalo, Patrick
AU - Ki, Bertille
AU - Kumar, Rashmi
AU - Madhuri, Vrisha
AU - Oldham, Keith
AU - Ozgediz, Doruk
AU - Poenaru, Dan
AU - Sekabira, John
AU - Saldaña Gallo, Lily
AU - Siddiqui, Sabina
AU - Yapo, Benjamin
AU - Abantanga, Francis A.
AU - Abdelmalak, Mohamed
AU - Abdulraheem, Nurudeen
AU - Ade-Ajayi, Niyi
AU - Ismail, Edna Adan
AU - Ademuyiwa, Adesoji
AU - Ahmed, Eltayeb
AU - Ajike, Sunday
AU - Akintububo, Olugbemi Benedict
AU - Alakaloko, Felix
AU - Allen, Brendan
AU - Amado, Vanda
AU - Anbuselvan, Shanthi
AU - Anyomih, Theophilus Teddy Kojo
AU - Asakpa, Leopold
AU - Assegie, Gudeta
AU - Axt, Jason
AU - Ayala, Ruben
AU - Ayele, Frehun
AU - Bal, Harshjeet Singh
AU - Bankole, Rouma
AU - Beacon, Tim
AU - Bokhari, Zaitun
AU - Borah, Hiranya Kumar
AU - Jimenez, Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Author(s).
PY - 2019/6/15
Y1 - 2019/6/15
N2 - Background: Recommendations by the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery regarding surgical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) require development to address the needs of children. The Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS) was founded in 2016 to identify solutions to problems in children’s surgery by utilizing the expertise of practitioners from around the world. This report details this unique process and underlying principles. Methods: Three global meetings convened providers of surgical services for children. Through working group meetings, participants reviewed the status of global children’s surgery to develop priorities and identify necessary resources for implementation. Working groups were formed under LMIC leadership to address specific priorities. By creating networking opportunities, GICS has promoted the development of LMIC-LMIC and HIC-LMIC partnerships. Results: GICS members identified priorities for children’s surgical care within four pillars: infrastructure, service delivery, training and research. Guidelines for provision of care at every healthcare level based on these pillars were created. Seventeen subspecialty, LMIC chaired working groups developed the Optimal Resources for Children’s Surgery (OReCS) document. The guidelines are stratified by subspecialty and level of health care: primary health center, first-, second- and third-level hospitals, and the national children’s hospital. The OReCS document delineates the personnel, equipment, facilities, procedures, training, research and quality improvement components at all levels of care. Conclusion: Worldwide collaboration with leadership by providers from LMICs holds the promise of improving children’s surgical care. GICS will continue to evolve in order to achieve the vision of safe, affordable, timely surgical care for all children.
AB - Background: Recommendations by the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery regarding surgical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) require development to address the needs of children. The Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS) was founded in 2016 to identify solutions to problems in children’s surgery by utilizing the expertise of practitioners from around the world. This report details this unique process and underlying principles. Methods: Three global meetings convened providers of surgical services for children. Through working group meetings, participants reviewed the status of global children’s surgery to develop priorities and identify necessary resources for implementation. Working groups were formed under LMIC leadership to address specific priorities. By creating networking opportunities, GICS has promoted the development of LMIC-LMIC and HIC-LMIC partnerships. Results: GICS members identified priorities for children’s surgical care within four pillars: infrastructure, service delivery, training and research. Guidelines for provision of care at every healthcare level based on these pillars were created. Seventeen subspecialty, LMIC chaired working groups developed the Optimal Resources for Children’s Surgery (OReCS) document. The guidelines are stratified by subspecialty and level of health care: primary health center, first-, second- and third-level hospitals, and the national children’s hospital. The OReCS document delineates the personnel, equipment, facilities, procedures, training, research and quality improvement components at all levels of care. Conclusion: Worldwide collaboration with leadership by providers from LMICs holds the promise of improving children’s surgical care. GICS will continue to evolve in order to achieve the vision of safe, affordable, timely surgical care for all children.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00268-018-04887-8
DO - 10.1007/s00268-018-04887-8
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 30623232
AN - SCOPUS:85059769536
SN - 0364-2313
VL - 43
SP - 1416
EP - 1425
JO - World journal of surgery
JF - World journal of surgery
IS - 6
ER -