Global Surgery 2030: a roadmap for high income country actors

Joshua S Ng-Kamstra, Sarah L M Greenberg, Fizan Abdullah, Vanda Amado, Geoffrey A Anderson, Matchecane Cossa, Ainhoa Costas-Chavarri, Justine Davies, Haile T Debas, George S M Dyer, Sarnai Erdene, Paul E Farmer, Amber Gaumnitz, Lars Hagander, Adil Haider, Andrew J M Leather, Yihan Lin, Robert Marten, Jeffrey T Marvin, Craig D McClain, John G Meara, Mira Meheš, Charles Mock, Swagoto Mukhopadhyay, Sergelen Orgoi, Timothy Prestero, Raymond R Price, Nakul P Raykar, Johanna N Riesel, Robert Riviello, Stephen M Rudy, Saurabh Saluja, Richard Sullivan, John L Tarpley, Robert H Taylor, Louis-Franck Telemaque, Gabriel Toma, Asha Varghese, Melanie Walker, Gavin Yamey, Mark G Shrime, Joshua S Ng-Kamstra, Sarah L M Greenberg, Fizan Abdullah, Vanda Amado, Geoffrey A Anderson, Matchecane Cossa, Ainhoa Costas-Chavarri, Justine Davies, Haile T Debas, George S M Dyer, Sarnai Erdene, Paul E Farmer, Amber Gaumnitz, Lars Hagander, Adil Haider, Andrew J M Leather, Yihan Lin, Robert Marten, Jeffrey T Marvin, Craig D McClain, John G Meara, Mira Meheš, Charles Mock, Swagoto Mukhopadhyay, Sergelen Orgoi, Timothy Prestero, Raymond R Price, Nakul P Raykar, Johanna N Riesel, Robert Riviello, Stephen M Rudy, Saurabh Saluja, Richard Sullivan, John L Tarpley, Robert H Taylor, Louis-Franck Telemaque, Gabriel Toma, Asha Varghese, Melanie Walker, Gavin Yamey, Mark G Shrime

Abstract

The Millennium Development Goals have ended and the Sustainable Development Goals have begun, marking a shift in the global health landscape. The frame of reference has changed from a focus on 8 development priorities to an expansive set of 17 interrelated goals intended to improve the well-being of all people. In this time of change, several groups, including the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, have brought a critical problem to the fore: 5 billion people lack access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care when needed. The magnitude of this problem and the world's new focus on strengthening health systems mandate reimagined roles for and renewed commitments from high income country actors in global surgery. To discuss the way forward, on 6 May 2015, the Commission held its North American launch event in Boston, Massachusetts. Panels of experts outlined the current state of knowledge and agreed on the roles of surgical colleges and academic medical centres; trainees and training programmes; academia; global health funders; the biomedical devices industry, and news media and advocacy organisations in building sustainable, resilient surgical systems. This paper summarises these discussions and serves as a consensus statement providing practical advice to these groups. It traces a common policy agenda between major actors and provides a roadmap for maximising benefit to surgical patients worldwide. To close the access gap by 2030, individuals and organisations must work collectively, interprofessionally and globally. High income country actors must abandon colonial narratives and work alongside low and middle income country partners to build the surgical systems of the future.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: AV is director of Developing Health Globally at the GE foundation, the philanthropic organisation of GE. SMR is Chief Executive Officer of Gradian Health Systems, a non-profit medical device company that manufactures and distributes technology for anaesthesia and surgical applications in low income environments.

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A representation of the inter-relationships between actors in global surgery. In this model, the public and civil society are the ultimate arbiters of universal access to surgery and anaesthesia as a policy priority. The media and surgical advocates provide this group with both data on the state of surgical care worldwide, and quality human interest reporting on the impact this has on individuals. Motivated by the double bottom line of health equity and the potential for expanded markets, the biomedical devices industry can help to solve technological and infrastructural problems related to the delivery of surgical care. This model posits the role of high income country (HIC) surgical actors (colleges, academic medical centres and universities, clinicians, trainees and training programmes) as being partners to their counterparts in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). Funders can seek strategic opportunities to contribute to the development of surgical infrastructure, training programmes and, more broadly, health systems. Academia in all countries can provide evidence on optimal solutions to care delivery challenges and also help monitor progress towards universal access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care when needed by 2030.

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