Closing the gap of children’s surgery in Pakistan
作者机构：Center for Essential Surgical and Acute CareIndus Health NetworkKarachiPakistan Program in Global Surgery and Social ChangeDepartment of Global Health and Social MedicineHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA Department of SurgeryWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York CityNew YorkUSA
出 版 物：《World Journal of Pediatric Surgery》 (世界小儿外科杂志（英文）)
年 卷 期：2019年第2卷第1期
页 面：20-20页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100202[医学-儿科学] 10[医学]
主 题：anesthesia injuries spite
摘 要：Two billion children worldwide lack access to safe surgical and anesthesia care when needed.1 The global pediatric surgical work-force is limited,and children and adolescents with surgical conditions often get absorbed into adult surgical services as pediatric surgeons are absent or *** an estimated population of 68.5 million chil-dren younger than 15 years(35%of the total population),Pakistan also faces similar chal-lenges in delivering adequate surgical care to *** investments in maternal and child health in recent years,Pakistan was unable to attain the Millennium Development Goals in *** death rate from congenital anomalies before the age of 5 years is still 77.2 children per 100000 live births,and a quarter of all deaths among children ages 5 and 14 years are a result of injuries.2 Despite this high burden,pediatric surgical care remains limited throughout Pakistan,with 0.4 pedi-atric surgeons per million population in the entire country,in contrast to upper-middle and high-income countries which have more than two pediatric surgeons per million popu-lation.
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