Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)
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Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1) by Haile T Debas
The evaluation of essential surgery by Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (DCP3) focuses on a set of conditions that are primarily or extensively treated by surgery and: that have a large public health burden; for which there is a surgical procedure that is highly successful at treating the condition; and for which the surgical procedure is cost-effective and feasible to promote globally. This included injuries, obstetrical complications, abdominal emergencies, cataracts, obstetric fistula, and congenital anomalies, among others. The DCP3 evaluation of these conditions produced four key findings:There is a significant burden of death and disability from conditions that require surgical care. Many essential surgical services are among the most cost-effective of all health interventions. Human and physical resources to provide surgical care are at very low levels, especially in low-income countries and in rural areas. Critical indicators of quality, such as perioperative mortality rates and anaesthesia-related deaths, continue to show huge disparities between low- and middle-income countries and high-income countries and even among countries at same economic levels. Quality can be improved by feasible and affordable measures. Modest investments in improving capacity for delivering these essential surgical services on the part of both national governments and the international community would significantly lower the sizable burden of the global health problems that are treatable with surgery.
Gawande, Atul: - Atul Gawande is the author of four bestselling books: Complications, a finalist for the National Book Award; Better; The Checklist Manifesto, and Being Mortal. He is also a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He has won the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, a MacArthur Fellowship, and two National Magazine Awards. In his work in public health, he is Founder and Chair of Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation, and Lifebox, a nonprofit organization making surgery safer globally. He is also chair of Haven, where he was CEO from 2018-2020. He and his wife have three children and live in Newton, Massachusetts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781464803468 |
| ISBN 10 | 1464803463 |
| Title | Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1) |
| Author | World Bank |
| Series | Disease Control Priorities |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | World Bank Publications |
| Year published | 2015-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 330 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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