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01-08-2019 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to Editor: Can Mainstreaming Surgery Advocacy into NCD Advocacy Help Us Overcome the NCD Epidemic?

Authors: Manon Pigeolet, Isobel Marks, Zineb Bentounsi, Waruguru Wanjau

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 8/2019

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Sixty per cent of patients with cancer and 80% of patients with an injury are expected to need a surgical intervention [1]. Both are considered non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the topic of the 2018 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting (UNGA HLM). Unfortunately, when examining the meeting’s declaration [2], “surgery” is nowhere to be found, while pledges for integrating NCD care into Universal Health Coverage (UHC) are abundant. But is UHC truly achievable without integrating surgery and anaesthesia care into the health benefits package, which offers essential health services under a publicly funded UHC scheme? …

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Title: Letter to Editor: Can Mainstreaming Surgery Advocacy into NCD Advocacy Help Us Overcome the NCD Epidemic?
Authors: Manon Pigeolet
Isobel Marks
Zineb Bentounsi
Waruguru Wanjau
Publication date: 01-08-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-019-04941-z

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