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What World Health Assembly Resolution 60.22 Means to Those Who Care for the Injured

Authors: Charles Mock, Raed Arafat, Witaya Chadbunchachai, Manjul Joshipura, Jacques Goosen

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 8/2008

Abstract

On May 23, 2007, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted WHA Resolution 60.22, “Health Systems: Emergency Care Systems,” which called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and governments to adopt a variety of measures to strengthen trauma and emergency care services worldwide. This resolution constituted some of the highest level attention ever devoted to trauma care worldwide. This article reviews the background of this resolution and discusses how it can be of use to surgeons, emergency physicians, and others who care for the injured, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

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Title: What World Health Assembly Resolution 60.22 Means to Those Who Care for the Injured
Authors: Charles Mock
Raed Arafat
Witaya Chadbunchachai
Manjul Joshipura
Jacques Goosen
Publication date: 01-08-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 8/2008
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-008-9568-y

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