obstacles for health and surgical care
DESCRIPTION
OBSTACLES FOR HEALTH AND SURGICAL CARE LACK OF ACCESS INEQUITY. Within Countries. INEQUITY. Between Countries. Underlying Cause. POVERTY. Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. www.gscommission.com @GSCommission /GSCommission. VISION. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Universal surgical care with financial protection
Universal access to safe, high quality, affordable surgery and anaesthesia when needed
VISION
PHYSICIAN DENSITY
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RussiaItaly
SwitzerlandGermanyDenmark
FranceArgentina
NetherlandsBelgiumFinland
UKMongolia
USAJapan
MexicoCanada
BrazilEcuador
ColombiaChinaIndia
BangladeshBotswana
DijibutuCambodia
GuyanaNepal
IndonesiaKenyaGhanaCongo
CameroonMozambique
ChadEthiopia
Sierra LeoneNiger
MalawiAfrica
Latin America
Asia
North America
Europe
Physician Density (per 1,000 population)
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Population per physician
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x 100
0 250 500 750 1,000 1,250 1,500
IndiaPakistan
PhilippinesChinaJapan
ChilePeru
EcuadorBrazilCuba
CanadaMexico
USA
UKFrance
NorwayGermany
Population per physician
TanzaniaMalawi
Sierra LeoneEthiopiaUganda
India
Population per physician
0 250 500 750 1,000 1,250 1,500
Population per physician
PHYSICIAN DENSITY
Population per physician
CanadaMexico
USA
UK
Population per physician
UKFrance
NorwayGermany
Population per physician
ChilePeru
EcuadorBrazilCuba
Canada
Population per physician
IndiaPakistan
PhilippinesChinaJapan
Chile
Population per physician
SURGICAL WORKFORCE• ECUADOR (14 M) UGANDA (35M)
• General Surgeons 1978 107
• Specialty Surgeons 3483 97
• Ob-Gyn 1996 124
• Anesthesiologists 2016 17
HOW TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF SURGICAL WORKFORCE
• Task Shifting
• Medical School Curriculum
• Postgraduate Training
• International Solidarity