Global Surgery - a drive to improve access to surgery in Africa | Salome Maswime | TEDxGreshamPlace скачать в хорошем качестве

Global Surgery - a drive to improve access to surgery in Africa | Salome Maswime | TEDxGreshamPlace

Prof. Salome Maswime discusses Global Surgery as a new discipline in medicine that seeks to improve access to surgery and the quality of surgical care, bringing together different stakeholders. For centuries, surgeons have focused on surgical techniques, and what is done inside of the hospital, but Global Surgery is a new discipline that seeks to understand the patient who has the disease, rather than the disease that the patient has. When you come for an area where you have no water or electricity, or have no education or employment, you may be more susceptible to certain diseases, and you may not heal as well as someone who has food and water security. Life expectancy is lower in countries where people do not have equitable access to. Call to Action 1. As civil society we can all play a role in ensuring that everyone has better access to health education, healthcare, and preventing disease 2. NGO’s can partner with the health sector to improve healthcare for vulnerable communities 3. Companies and individuals can partner with the health sector to find innovative ways of delivering and financing healthcare. New reality: A world in which everyone has access to comprehensive surgical care. Salome Maswime is an associate Professor and the Head of the Global Surgery Division at the University of Cape Town; an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist; a World Economic Forum Young Scientist; Next Einstein Fellow; and President of the South African Clinician Scientists Society. She is a former research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and former lecturer at the Wits University. She is a trustee of the South African Health Systems Trust, and associate editor of the South African Journal of Obstetics and Gynaecology; and a member of UNITARs’ Global Surgery Foundation leadership team. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx