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Putting the “Global” Back in Global Health

Putting the “Global” Back in Global Health COMMENTARY ONLINE FIRST |GLOBAL HEALTH HIS MONTH, THE fewer advocates were seated at the derance of the global disease bur- Group of Eight (G8) proverbial table as global health pri- den is expected to result from convenes at Camp orities were assessed for the new mil- chronic and noncommunicable dis- David in Maryland lennium. Despite an important eases, for which surgical care is of- 9(p8) T to consider urgent legacy of surgeons working to trans- ten required. and complex multinational eco- form hospitals and communities in Unforeseen events can drasti- nomic and security concerns. As developing countries, there was an cally exacerbate these conditions. good health fosters productive inability to communicate surgery’s The growing urban and coastal con- economies and political stability, impact. How many people needed centration of the world’s popula- global health should be considered surgery, how many lives were lost tion makes the increase in natural di- integral to the G8’s vast agenda. A due to lack of its availability, how sasters and emergencies over the past 10,11 central tenet of our world’s economy many health centers had the capac- 20 years even more catastophic. and diplomatic relations, the vi- ity to provide surgical care, and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Surgery American Medical Association

Putting the “Global” Back in Global Health

Casey, Kathleen M.
JAMA Surgery , Volume 147 (5) – May 1, 2012
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2012 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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2168-6254
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2168-6262
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10.1001/archsurg.2012.615
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22785630
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COMMENTARY ONLINE FIRST |GLOBAL HEALTH HIS MONTH, THE fewer advocates were seated at the derance of the global disease bur- Group of Eight (G8) proverbial table as global health pri- den is expected to result from convenes at Camp orities were assessed for the new mil- chronic and noncommunicable dis- David in Maryland lennium. Despite an important eases, for which surgical care is of- 9(p8) T to consider urgent legacy of surgeons working to trans- ten required. and complex multinational eco- form hospitals and communities in Unforeseen events can drasti- nomic and security concerns. As developing countries, there was an cally exacerbate these conditions. good health fosters productive inability to communicate surgery’s The growing urban and coastal con- economies and political stability, impact. How many people needed centration of the world’s popula- global health should be considered surgery, how many lives were lost tion makes the increase in natural di- integral to the G8’s vast agenda. A due to lack of its availability, how sasters and emergencies over the past 10,11 central tenet of our world’s economy many health centers had the capac- 20 years even more catastophic. and diplomatic relations, the vi- ity to provide surgical care, and

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Published: May 1, 2012

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