Achieving Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anesthesia (SOTA) care for all in South Asia

• DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1325922
• Publication Date: 2024-02-21T05:52:25Z
• Authors: Siddhesh Zadey; Shirish Rao; Isha Gondi; Natalie Sheneman; Chaitrali Patil; Anveshi Nayan; Himanshu Iyer; Arti Raj Kumar; Arun Prasad; G. Allen Finley; Chellapuram Raja ...; Chintamani; Dhananjaya Sharma; Dhruva Ghosh; Gnanaraj Jesudian; Irum Fatima; Jogi Pattisapu; Justin Sangwook Ko; Lovenish Bains; Mashal Shah; Mohammed Shadrul ...; Narmada Hadigal; Naveen Malhotra; Nilmini Wijesuriya; Prateek Shukla; Sadaf Khan; Sunil Pandya; Tariq Khan; Tashi Tenzin; Venkat Raja Hadiga; Daniel Peterson
• Keywords: Sleep Medicine; priorities; Asia; Medical Sciences; Critical Care; Pulmonology; Asia, Southern; 610; global surgery; South Asia; Social and Behavioral Sciences; LMICs; Sociology; Asian People; Pregnancy; Internal Medicine; Medical Specialties; Medicine and Health Sciences; SOTA care; Humans; Anesthesia; Regional Sociology; Southern; health planning; Health Planning; Female; Public Health; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270

South Asia is a demographically crucial, economically aspiring, and socio-culturally diverse region in the world. The contributes to large burden of surgically-treatable disease conditions. A number people cannot access safe affordable surgical, obstetric, trauma, anesthesia (SOTA) care when need. Yet, attention Global Surgery Health limited. Here, we assess status SOTA Asia. We summarize evidence on indicators planning. Region-wide, as well country-specific challenges are highlighted. also discuss potential directions—initiatives innovations—toward addressing these challenges. Local partnerships, sustained research advocacy efforts, politics can be aligned with evidence-based policymaking health planning achieve equitable Asian under Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).