Qin Rennie X, Fowler Zachary G, Yoon Sangchul, Jayaram Anusha, Stankey Makela, Keshavjee Salmaan, Holian Annette, Ibbotson Geoff, Park Kee B
The Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
BMC Proc. 2023 Jul 25;17(Suppl 5):13. doi: 10.1186/s12919-023-00254-1.
Surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care are required to treat one-third of the global disease burden. They have been recognised as an integral component of universal health coverage. However, five billion people lack access to safe and affordable surgical care when required. Countries in the Asia-Pacific region are currently developing strategies to strengthen their surgical care systems. The Strategic Planning to Improve Surgical, Obstetric, Anaesthesia, and Trauma Care in the Asia-Pacific Region meeting is a three-part virtual meeting series that brought together Ministries of Health, intergovernmental organisers, funders, professional associations, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organisations in the Asia-Pacific region. The meeting series took place over three virtual sessions in February and March 2021. Each session featured framing talks, panel presentations, and open discussions. Participants shared lessons about the challenges and solutions in surgical system strengthening, discussed funding opportunities, and forged strategic partnerships. Participants discussed strategies to build ongoing political momentum and mobilise funding, the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change on surgical care, the need to build a broad-based, inclusive movement, and leveraging remote technologies for workforce development and service delivery. This virtual meeting series is only the beginning of an ongoing community for knowledge sharing and strategic collaboration towards surgical system strengthening in the Asia-Pacific region.
手术、产科和麻醉护理对于治疗全球三分之一的疾病负担至关重要。它们已被视为全民健康覆盖的一个不可或缺的组成部分。然而，有50亿人在需要时无法获得安全且负担得起的手术护理。亚太地区各国目前正在制定战略，以加强其手术护理系统。“亚太地区改善手术、产科、麻醉和创伤护理战略规划会议”是一个由三部分组成的虚拟会议系列，汇集了亚太地区的卫生部、政府间组织、资助者、专业协会、学术机构和非政府组织。该会议系列于2021年2月和3月分三次以虚拟形式举行。每次会议都有主题演讲、小组发言和公开讨论。与会者分享了在加强手术系统方面的挑战和解决方案的经验教训，讨论了资助机会，并建立了战略伙伴关系。与会者讨论了建立持续政治势头和筹集资金的战略、新冠疫情和气候变化对手术护理的影响、建立广泛包容的运动的必要性，以及利用远程技术促进劳动力发展和服务提供。这个虚拟会议系列仅仅是亚太地区一个持续的知识共享和战略协作社区的开端，目的是加强手术系统。
