Frontiers in Public Health (Feb 2024)
Achieving Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anesthesia (SOTA) care for all in South Asia
- Siddhesh Zadey,
- Siddhesh Zadey,
- Siddhesh Zadey,
- Siddhesh Zadey,
- Shirish Rao,
- Shirish Rao,
- Shirish Rao,
- Isha Gondi,
- Isha Gondi,
- Natalie Sheneman,
- Chaitrali Patil,
- Chaitrali Patil,
- Anveshi Nayan,
- Anveshi Nayan,
- Himanshu Iyer,
- Arti Raj Kumar,
- Arun Prasad,
- G. Allen Finley,
- Chellapuram Raja Krishna Prasad,
- Chintamani,
- Dhananjaya Sharma,
- Dhruva Ghosh,
- Gnanaraj Jesudian,
- Gnanaraj Jesudian,
- Gnanaraj Jesudian,
- Gnanaraj Jesudian,
- Irum Fatima,
- Jogi Pattisapu,
- Justin Sangwook Ko,
- Lovenish Bains,
- Lovenish Bains,
- Mashal Shah,
- Mohammed Shadrul Alam,
- Mohammed Shadrul Alam,
- Mohammed Shadrul Alam,
- Mohammed Shadrul Alam,
- Narmada Hadigal,
- Narmada Hadigal,
- Naveen Malhotra,
- Nilmini Wijesuriya,
- Prateek Shukla,
- Sadaf Khan,
- Sunil Pandya,
- Tariq Khan,
- Tashi Tenzin,
- Tashi Tenzin,
- Tashi Tenzin,
- Venkat Raja Hadiga,
- Daniel Peterson
Affiliations
- Siddhesh Zadey
- Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Siddhesh Zadey
- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
- Siddhesh Zadey
- GEMINI Research Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States
- Siddhesh Zadey
- Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital, and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Shirish Rao
- Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Shirish Rao
- Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma and Anaesthesia Care, Chicago, IL, United States
- Shirish Rao
- Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Isha Gondi
- Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma and Anaesthesia Care, Chicago, IL, United States
- Isha Gondi
- Department of Health and Human Sciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
- Natalie Sheneman
- Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma and Anaesthesia Care, Chicago, IL, United States
- Chaitrali Patil
- Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma and Anaesthesia Care, Chicago, IL, United States
- Chaitrali Patil
- Department of Biology and Statistics, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
- Anveshi Nayan
- Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Anveshi Nayan
- Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Himanshu Iyer
- Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Arti Raj Kumar
- India Hub, NIHR Health Research Unit On Global Surgery, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
- Arun Prasad
- 0Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
- G. Allen Finley
- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- Chellapuram Raja Krishna Prasad
- 2Apollo Hospital, Hyderguda, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Chintamani
- 3Department of Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
- Dhananjaya Sharma
- 4Department of Surgery, NSCB Government Medical College, Jabalpur, India
- Dhruva Ghosh
- India Hub, NIHR Health Research Unit On Global Surgery, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
- Gnanaraj Jesudian
- 5Karunya Rural Community Hospital Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Gnanaraj Jesudian
- 6Association of Rural Surgeons of India, Wardha, India
- Gnanaraj Jesudian
- 7International Federation of Rural Surgeons, Ujjain, India
- Gnanaraj Jesudian
- 8Rural Surgery Innovations Private Limited, Dimapur, Nagaland, India
- Irum Fatima
- 9IRD Pakistan and the Global Surgery Foundation, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Jogi Pattisapu
- 0University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, United States
- Justin Sangwook Ko
- 1Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Lovenish Bains
- 2Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
- Lovenish Bains
- 3WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in LMIC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Mashal Shah
- 4Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Mohammed Shadrul Alam
- 5Department of Pediatric Surgery, Mugda Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Mohammed Shadrul Alam
- 6American College of Surgeons: Bangladesh Chapter, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Mohammed Shadrul Alam
- 7Bangladesh Health Economist Forum, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Mohammed Shadrul Alam
- 8Association of Pediatric Surgeons of Bangladesh (APSB), DMCH, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Narmada Hadigal
- 9Narmada Fertility Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Narmada Hadigal
- 0International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society, Stavander, Stavanger, Norway
- Naveen Malhotra
- 1Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
- Nilmini Wijesuriya
- 2College of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists of Sri Lanka, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
- Prateek Shukla
- India Hub, NIHR Health Research Unit On Global Surgery, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
- Sadaf Khan
- 4Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Sunil Pandya
- 3Department of Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care, AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Tariq Khan
- 4Department of Neurosurgery, Northwest School of Medicine, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Tashi Tenzin
- 5Army Medical Services, Military Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan
- Tashi Tenzin
- 6Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan
- Tashi Tenzin
- 7Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan
- Venkat Raja Hadiga
- 8LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Daniel Peterson
- Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma and Anaesthesia Care, Chicago, IL, United States
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1325922
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12
Abstract
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).
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