Financing surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia, and trauma care in the Asia–Pacific region: proceedings

BMC Proceedings · 8 authors, 6 centres

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Proceedings from a virtual meeting of 215 participants from 42 countries discussing financing strategies for surgical system strengthening in the Asia–Pacific region.

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This paper presents proceedings from the second session of a three-part virtual meeting series on strategic planning to improve surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia, and trauma care in the Asia–Pacific region. Participants discussed financing strategies, making a case for investing in surgical care given its cost-effectiveness, macroeconomic benefits, and contribution to health security. Six areas for creating fiscal space were outlined: conducive macroeconomic conditions, reprioritisation of health within government budgets, sector-specific domestic revenue, international financing, improving health budget effectiveness and efficiency, and innovative funding.

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Financing surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia, and trauma care in the Asia–Pacific region: proceedings

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Surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care saves lives, prevents disability, promotes economic prosperity, and is a fundamental human right. Session two of the three-part virtual meeting series on Strategic Planning to Improve Surgical, Obstetric, Anaesthesia, and Trauma Care in the Asia–Pacific Region discussed financing strategies for surgical care. During this session, participants made a robust case for investing in surgical care given its cost-effectiveness, macroeconomic benefits, and contribution to health security and pandemic preparedness. Funding for surgical system strengthening could arise from both domestic and international sources. Numerous strategies are available for mobilising funding for surgical care, including conducive macroeconomic growth, reprioritisation of health within government budgets, sector-specific domestic revenue, international financing, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of health budgets, and innovative financing. A wide range of funders recognised the importance of investing in surgical care and shared their currently funded projects in surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia, and trauma care as well as their funding priorities. Advocacy efforts to mobilise funding for surgical care to align with the existing funder priorities, such as primary health care, maternal and child health, health security, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has constricted the fiscal space for surgical care, it has also brought unprecedented attention to health. Short-term investment in critical care, medical oxygen, and infection prevention and control as a part of the COVID-19 response must be leveraged to generate sustained strengthening of surgical systems beyond the pandemic.

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Rennie X. Qin, Sangchul Yoon, Zachary G. Fowler et al.. Financing surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia, and trauma care in the Asia–Pacific region: proceedings. BMC Proceedings. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-023-00256-z

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Rennie X. Qin, Sangchul Yoon, Zachary G. Fowler, Anusha Jayaram, Makela Stankey, Lubna Samad, Kiki Maoate, Kee B. Park

1grid.38142.3c000000041936754XThe Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 USA
2grid.15444.300000 0004 0470 5454Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
3grid.67033.310000 0000 8934 4045Tufts University School of Medicine, 145 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111 USA
4grid.42505.360000 0001 2156 6853Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA
5grid.512744.10000 0005 0334 9328Interactive Research and Development (IRD), 4Th Floor, Woodcraft Building, Plot 3 & 3 A Sector 47, Korangi Creek Road, Karachi, Pakistan
6grid.29980.3a0000 0004 1936 7830Department of Surgery, University of Otago, 2 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, 8011 New Zealand