Global Surgery 2030: ‘Myth or Reality?’

‘Development of safe, essential, life-saving surgical and anaesthesia care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) has stagnated or regressed’ the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery report April, 2015 [1]. This statement paints a grim picture on the road-map towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) of surgical care in LMICs. In January 2014, Dr. Jim Yong Kim (President of the World Bank)