Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Reports Findings in Public Health (Advocating for children’s surgery within country health plans: lessons from Nigeria and the global stage): Health and Medicine – Public Health

2023 AUG 31 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Health and Medicine - Public Health is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Lagos, Nigeria, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Despite the growing emphasis on provision of quality safe and affordable surgical care in low- and middle-income countries, and the World Health Assembly resolution 68. 15 on strengthening emergency and essential surgical care and anesthesia as components of universal health coverage, a review of published surgical plans of various countries, revealed a lack of emphasis on children’s surgery. Due to the peculiarities of the human resource, infrastructure and equipment required for children’s surgery, a lack of deliberate actions and policies targeted at strengthening surgical care for children implies that achieving universal health coverage for children may not be a reality in this setting.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, “A baseline assessment of children’s surgical capacity was conducted in Nigeria as a part of the National Surgical Obstetrics Anesthesia and Nursing Plan (NSOANP) process. The assessment was done using the World Health Organization (WHO) hospital assessment tool modified for children’s surgery (Children Surgical Assessment Tool). Significant infrastructural gaps were found, with an abysmally low density of pediatric surgeons and anaesthesiologists, poor emergency preparedness, lack of reliable surgical data and non-inclusion of children’s surgery in the national strategic health plan. Using the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery’s (GICS) Optimal Resources for Children’s Surgical Care (OReCS) document and focusing on the strategic goals and priorities, children’s surgery was incorporated into the NSOANP. Implementation of the plan is currently ongoing.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “From Nigeria’s experience, appropriate advocacy and inclusion of children surgery providers in policy making will promote prioritization of children’s surgery in country health and surgical plans.”

For more information on this research see: Advocating for children’s surgery within country health plans: lessons from Nigeria and the global stage. Frontiers in Public Health, 2023;11:1209902. Frontiers in Public Health can be contacted at: Frontiers Media Sa, Avenue Du Tribunal Federal 34, Lausanne, Ch-1015, Switzerland.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Omolara Faboya, Dept. of Surgery, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. Additional authors for this research include Justina O. Seyi-Olajide, Omolara Williams, Kokila Lakhoo and Emmanuel A. Ameh.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1209902. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher’s contact information for the journal Frontiers in Public Health is: Frontiers Media Sa, Avenue Du Tribunal Federal 34, Lausanne, Ch-1015, Switzerland.

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