How can you meet the need for Surgery?
National Policy
- Promote Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (EESC) as part of your country's national policy
- Establish a mechanism to update the number of national surgeons and anesthesiologists in your country
- Advocate for allocation of funds to improve the quality & safety of EESC in first-referral facilities
- Promote permissive policies to broaden the scope of who can provide surgery and anesthesia
- Identify gaps in surgical care using the WHO Situational Analysis Tool for evidence-based improvement in EESC
- Advocate for the use of Anesthesia Infrastructure/Supplies and Essential Emergency Equipment (EEE) list in the IMEESC toolkit for resource-planning and periodic inventories
Education and Training
- Apply ready-to-use teaching tools found in the IMEESC toolkit (powerpoints, videos, evaluations)
- Incorporate the WHO manual Surgical Care at the District Hospital into medical, nursing, paramedic, and postgraduate training
- Print and display posters from Best Practice Protocols in your facility (emergency room, operating room, post-operative room, intensive care unit, wards) and Best Practice Guidelines for disaster situations
- Submit a report on educational and training activities done to the GIEESC Secretariat
Quality and Safety
- Use IMEESC tool protocols: Safe Surgery & Anaesthesia, Obstetric Safety and EEE list
- Use the IMEESC Monitoring and Evaluation tool to track improvement in EESC in your facility
Research
- Print and use the WHO Situational Analysis Tool for assessment of your health facility's ability to provide surgical care
- Enter the WHO Situational Analysis tool data online
- Use the WHO Situational Analysis tool data for research and academic publications
Building Centers of Excellence
- Identify and support health facilities that will need reconditioning of the surgical workforce and equipment using the IMEESC toolkit
- Share the IMEESC toolkit with your facility's director, foundation, university, and professional society
- Host a training workshop using the IMEESC toolkit for guidance
Advocacy
- Link your academic and public presentations to the EESC website
- Support the WHO GIEESC secretariat by volunteering at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva
- Inform your colleagues on the availability of the IMEESC toolkit
- Get involved in the WHO GIEESC Mednet to share your EESC activities
- Translate relevant IMEESC toolkit documents into your local language with permission from WHO