Pediatric Surgery and Anesthesia in Low-Middle Income Countries: Current Situation and Ethical Challenges

Frontiers in Pediatrics

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Rebecca Pulvirenti¹  Marianna Gortan¹  Dioniso Cumba²  Piergiorgio Gamba¹  Costanza Tognon³ 

[1] Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Woman's and Child's Health, Padua University Hospital;Department of Surgery, Pediatric Hospital of Sao José Em Bor;Anesthesiology Pediatric Unit, Department of Woman's and Child's Health, Padua University Hospital

关键词: low-middle income countries (LMICs);    pediatric surgery;    Global Surgery;    humanitarian mission;    ethics;    global health;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2022.908699

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Low-middle income countries (LMICs) are currently experiencing an important population growth, leading to a substantial raise in the number of children living in those areas. As a consequence, the existing gap between the need for surgical and anesthetic care and the available therapeutic options will increase. To overcome this, an improvement in the available expertise, infrastructures, and supplies will be mandatory. The implementation of educational and training programs for local healthcare providers should be a top priority. Alongside, the population's awareness on the necessity to seek for medical care should be deployed, together with an eased access to health facilities. Based on the existing literature and our 20-years' experience in humanitarian missions, our article aims to investigate the status of pediatric surgery in LMICs, and the role of western aids in the implementation of this ever-increasing field of expertise.

【 授权许可】

CC BY