Promoting climate-resilient health systems through national surgical plans

Ayla Gerk^{1

2

3}, Callum Forbes^{1

4}, Taylor Wurdeman^{1

5}, Nikathan Kumar^{1

6}, Elizabeth J McLeod⁷, John G Meara^{1

8}, Ruth Jimbo-Sotomayor⁹, Craig D McClain^{1

10}, Maria Jose Garcia Fuentes¹¹, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz^{1

8

12}, Alfredo Borrero Vega¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Harvey E. Beardmore Division of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Center for Equity in Global Surgery, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, East Bay, Oakland, CA, USA.
⁷ Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
⁸ Department of Plastic Surgery and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Centro de Investigación para la Salud en América Latina (CISeAL), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
¹⁰ The Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
¹¹ Corporación Latino Americana para la Salud, Quito, Ecuador.
¹² Epidemiology, School of Medicine and Health Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

Ayla Gerk et al. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024.

. 2024 Oct 16:40:100911.

doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100911. eCollection 2024 Dec.

¹ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Harvey E. Beardmore Division of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Center for Equity in Global Surgery, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, East Bay, Oakland, CA, USA.
⁷ Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
⁸ Department of Plastic Surgery and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Centro de Investigación para la Salud en América Latina (CISeAL), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
¹⁰ The Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
¹¹ Corporación Latino Americana para la Salud, Quito, Ecuador.
¹² Epidemiology, School of Medicine and Health Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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