WHAT EFFECT CAN SURGEONS HAVE ON WORLD HEALTH? Professor Harold Ellis Medical Student Prize for Surgery Presenter: Aimun Jamjoom University: Nottingham Medical School
Accounting for inattention Emphasis has been on primary prevention and community health education Concerned with communicable diseases Considered too cost ineffective, high tech and individually focused
In reality Account 11% of entire disease burden Estimated to equate to 164 million disability- adjusted life years 234 million operations performed in 2002
What can be done? Infrastructure Training Research
GIEESC Established in December 2005 Increase collaboration Strengthen capacity to deliver effective surgical treatment
Training and Educating
Research and critical evaluation
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