title: An investment in knowledge: Research in global pediatric surgery for the 21st century.
abstract: The body of literature addressing surgical and anesthesia care for children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is small. This lack of research hinders full understanding of the nature of many surgical conditions in LMICs and compromises potential efforts to alleviate the significant health, welfare and economic burdens surgical conditions impose on children, families and countries. This article will evaluate the need for improved global pediatric surgery research by (1) presenting the current state of surgical research for children in LMICs and (2) discussing methods and opportunities for improvement within the political context of current global health priorities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53266; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: sgreenberg@mcw.edu.
authors.forename: Sarah L M
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Joshua S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ng-Kamstra
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Emmanuel A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ameh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Doruk E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Ozgediz
authors.affiliation: Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec; Bethany Kids at Myung Sung Christian Medical Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poenaru
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital, University of California, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Stephen W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Bickler
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002648:Child; D000067576:Child Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D014943:Global Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Financing pediatric surgery; Global child health; Lobal pediatric surgery