Disease Control Priorities, 3d edition.
Vol. 1 — Essential Surgery Social Messages.
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Now available for download: #DCP3 vol. 1—Essential Surgery http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery
Global surgery is one of the most exciting frontiers in the quest for global #health equity:
http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery #DCP3
#EssentialSurgery vol, from the #DCP3 series, promotes surgery as a public health strategy in
resource-poor settings: http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery
Full provision of essential surgical procedures would avert 1.5M deaths/year in low- & middle-income
countries: http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery #DCP3
Essential surgical procedures rank among the most cost-effective of all health interventions:
http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery #DCP3 #healtheconomics
New volume of #DCP3 underlines the central importance of surgical care: http://www.dcp3.org/surgery #EssentialSurgery
Lack of access to surgical care accounts for a significant portion of the global disease burden:
http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery #DCP3
The 1st-level hospital is a highly cost-effective platform to provide surgical care in low-mid-income
countries http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery #DCP3
Investment in a district hospital platform, where most surgeries take place, is highly cost-effective:
http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery #DCP3
Universal coverage of #essentialsurgery should be publicly financed early on the path to #UHC:
http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery #DCP3
Access to emergency obstetric surgery has huge potential benefits in preventing mortality &
disability: http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery #DCP3 #MNCH
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Just released! DCP3 “Essential Surgery” as described by Partners in Health founder, Dr. Paul
Farmer: “[The] volume helps dispel many of the myths about surgery’s role in global health, in part
by showing the very large health burden from conditions that are primarily or extensively treatable by
surgery. It dispels the myth that surgery is too expensive by showing that many essential surgical
services rank among the most cost-effective of all heath interventions. It also begins to dispel the
myth that surgery is not feasible in settings of poverty by documenting many successful programs
that have improved capacity, increased access, and enhanced quality of surgical care in countries
across the globe”: http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery #DCP3
Universal coverage of essential surgery should be publicly financed early on the path to universal
health coverage given affordability, high cost-effectiveness, disease burden addressed and strong
public demand. Learn more in just released DCP3 “Essential Surgery: http://www.dcp-3.org/surgery
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