{
  "abstract": "In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) demonstrated that 5 billion people lack adequate access to essential surgery, obstetric and anaesthesia care and set clear global targets for 2030 to meet this need. 1 What followed was a unified commitment to research, advocacy, policy and financial investment for timely access to safe surgical care, focused within low and middle-income countries (LMICs), where the burden of surgical disease is highest. Despite multiple challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and minimal funding in LMICs, the infrastructure provided by National Surgical Obstetric and Anesthesia Plans has facilitated some progress towards the 2030 goals.2 Ongoing support from a renewed generation of surgical providers is necessary in the coming years.2",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Parisa N Fallah"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Lina Roa"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Rohini Dutta"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Laurence Bernard"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Global Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Salome Maswime"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Kathleen M Schmeler"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Adeline A Boatin"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Obstetrician and gynaecologist engagement in global surgery: adding necessary value to the field",
  "uid": "ce01c6cc-4aec-500a-bb34-4798c0674c96"
}