Potentially Avertable Child Mortality Associated with Surgical Workforce Scale-up in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Global Study.
Paul R TrucheFabio BotelhoAlexis N BowderAlexander W LevisSarah L M GreenbergEmily SmithScott CorlewStephen BicklerHenry E RiceEmmanuel A AmehJohn G MearaDan PoenaruDavid P Mooneynull nullPublished in: World journal of surgery (2021)
Scale up of surgical workforce may substantially decrease childhood mortality rates around the world. Our analysis suggests that scale-up of surgical delivery through increase in the SAO workforce could prevent over 500,000 children from dying before the age of 5 annually. This would represent significant progress toward meeting global child mortality reduction targets.