Building sustainable and resilient surgical systems: A narrative review of opportunities to integrate climate change into national surgical planning in the Western Pacific region

• Main Authors: Rennie X. Qin (Author), Lotta Velin (Author), Elizabeth F. Yates (Author), Omnia El Omrani (Author), Elizabeth McLeod (Author), Jemesa Tudravu (Author), Lubna Samad (Author), Alistair Woodward (Author), Craig D. McClain (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Five billion people lack access to surgical care worldwide; climate change is the biggest threat to human health in the 21st century. This review studies how climate change could be integrated into national surgical planning in the Western Pacific region. We searched databases (PubMed, Web...