Global Surgery - a drive to improve access to surgery in Africa | Salome Maswime | TEDxGreshamPlace

Prof. Salome Maswime discusses Global Surgery as a new discipline in medicine that seeks to improve access to surgery and the quality of surgical care, bringing together different stakeholders. For centuries, surgeons have focused on surgical techniques, and what is done inside of the hospital, but Global Surgery is a new discipline that seeks to understand the patient who has the disease, rather than the disease that the patient has. When you come for an area where you have no water or electricity, or have no education or employment, you may be more susceptible to certain diseases, and you may not heal as well as someone who has food and water security.
Life expectancy is lower in countries where people do not have equitable access to.

Call to Action
1. As civil society we can all play a role in ensuring that everyone has better access to health education, healthcare, and preventing disease
2. NGO’s can partner with the health sector to improve healthcare for vulnerable communities
3. Companies and individuals can partner with the health sector to find innovative ways of delivering and financing healthcare.

New reality: A world in which everyone has access to comprehensive surgical care. Salome Maswime is an associate Professor and the Head of the Global Surgery Division at the University of Cape Town; an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist; a World Economic Forum Young
Scientist; Next Einstein Fellow; and President of the South African Clinician Scientists Society.

[kgomotsosekhokho]

Absolutely awesome. Never looked at surgery from this perspective. So we can all play a role in contributing to successful global surgery . Thank you Professor Salome Maswime. We are proud of you 🥰

[pinkimanong]

Thank you Salowe, what a beautiful Ted talk, straight to the point 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[davisouzademoura]

So good this Ted Talk and I wish all people to have good access to healthcare but the selfish in the world can be a big problem!!
Therefore they don't care about poor countries and don't give the support necessary!!

[enioveiga]

And any poor underdeveloped or developing country happens that.