Low Resource Environment Issues
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Global Engagement – What Does It Mean? ASA Monitor
Paediatric anaesthesia for low-resource settings
Access to Safe Pediatric Anesthesia in LMICs-The Problem Is Clear; It Is Time to Solve It!
Management of Pediatric Sepsis Considerations for the Austere Prehospital Setting
Major elective surgery in children, and surgery in remote and rural locations
Adaptations in pediatric anesthesia care and airway management in the resource-poor setting
Pediatric anesthesia in developing countries
Cohen MM, Cameron CB, Duncan PG. Pediatric Anesthesia Morbidity and Mortality in the Perioperative Period. Anesthesia Analg 1990;70:160.
Surgical services for children in developing countries
Bickler SW, Telfer ML, Sanno-Duanda B. Need for Paediatric Surgery Care in an Urban Area of the Gambia. Trop Dr 2003;33:91–4.
Nizeyimana F, Skelton T, Bould MD, Beach M, Twagirumugabe T. Perioperative Anesthesia-Related Complications and Risk Factors in Children: A Cross-Sectional Observation Study in Rwanda. Anesthesia Analg 2023.
Gray R, Cronjé L, Kalipa M, Lee C, Evans F. Paediatric anaesthesia care in Africa: challenges and opportunities. South Afr J Anaesth Analgesia 2022;28:4–6.
Torborg A, Meyer H, Fiky ME, Fawzy M, Elhadi M, Ademuyiwa AO, Osinaike BB, Hewitt-Smith A, Nabukenya MT, Bisegerwa R, Bouaoud S, Abdoun M, Adib ARE, Belachew FK, Gebre M, Taye DB, Kechiche N, Fadalla T, Abdallah B, Chaibou MS, Nyarko MYA, Ki KB, Shalongo S, Mulwafu W, Thomson E, Traore MM, Ndonga A, Bittaye M, Samateh AL, Munlemvo DM, et al. Outcomes after surgery for children in Africa (ASOS-Paeds): a 14-day prospective observational cohort study. Lancet (Lond, Engl) 2023;403:1482–92.
Newton MW, Hurt SE, McEvoy MD, Shi Y, Shotwell MS, Kamau J, Nabulindo S, Ngumi ZWW, Sandberg WS, Sileshi B. Pediatric Perioperative Mortality in Kenya. Anesthesiology 2020;132:452–60.
Gonzalez LP, Pignaton W, Kusano PS, Módolo NSP, Braz JRC, Braz LG. Anesthesia-related mortality in pediatric patients: a systematic review. Clinics 2012;67:381–7.
Current Landscape of Children's Surgery in Africa: A Multicenter Analysis of 16,000 Cases
Commentary: Pediatric Surgery in Low-Income Countries—From Neglect to Necessity
Hsu PJ, Carroll M, Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Olatunji-Banire BT, Mathew P, Axt J, Diallo T, Eshete M, Ki B, Macharia J et al: Current Landscape of Children’s Surgery in Africa: A Multicenter Analysis of 16,000 Cases. World journal of surgery 2025, 49(11):3163–3172.
Kabwe J, Mwiga F, Albert R, Rai E, Tumukunde J, Bould MD: Error Traps in Global Anesthesia. Paediatric anaesthesia 2026, 36(2):145–150.
Salm M, Ali M, Minihane M, Conrad P: Defining global health: findings from a systematic review and thematic analysis of the literature. BMJ Glob Health 2021, 6(6).
Meara JG, Leather AJ, Hagander L, Alkire BC, Alonso N, Ameh EA, Bickler SW, Conteh L, Dare AJ, Davies J et al: Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development. Int J Obstet Anesth 2016, 25:75–78.
Goodman LF, St-Louis E, Yousef Y, Cheung M, Ure B, Ozgediz D, Ameh EA, Bickler S, Poenaru D, Oldham K et al: The Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery: Optimal Resources for Improving Care. Eur J Pediatr Surg 2018, 28(1):51–59.
Price R, Makasa E, Hollands M: World Health Assembly Resolution WHA68.15: “Strengthening Emergency and Essential Surgical Care and Anesthesia as a Component of Universal Health Coverage”—Addressing the Public Health Gaps Arising from Lack of Safe, Affordable and Accessible Surgical and Anesthetic Services. World journal of surgery 2015, 39(9):2115–2125.
Shrime MG, Dare AJ, Alkire BC, O’Neill K, Meara JG: Catastrophic expenditure to pay for surgery worldwide: a modelling study. Lancet Glob Health 2015, 3 Suppl 2(0 2):S38–44.
Chikoti R, Leon SJ, Thornburg D, Kandi L, Morris B, Rebecca A, Casey W, Howard MA, Teven CM: Ethics in Global Plastic Surgery Missions. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2024, 12(10):e6245.
Hsu PJ, Carroll M, Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Olatunji-Banire BT, Mathew P, Axt J, Diallo T, Eshete M, Ki B, Macharia J et al: Current Landscape of Children’s Surgery in Africa: A Multicenter Analysis of 16,000 Cases. World journal of surgery 2025, 49(11):3163–3172.
Kabwe J, Mwiga F, Albert R, Rai E, Tumukunde J, Bould MD: Error Traps in Global Anesthesia. Paediatric anaesthesia 2026, 36(2):145–150.
Peters AW, Roa L, Rwamasirabo E, Ameh E, Ulisubisya MM, Samad L, Makasa EM, Meara JG: National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Plans Supporting the Vision of Universal Health Coverage. Glob Health Sci Pract 2020, 8(1):1–9.