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Caris E Grimes

Researcher at King's College London

Publications -  39
Citations -  3633

Caris E Grimes is an academic researcher from King's College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Global health & Health care. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 36 publications receiving 2648 citations. Previous affiliations of Caris E Grimes include King's College & Hinchingbrooke Hospital.

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Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development

TL;DR: The need for surgical services in low- and middleincome countries will continue to rise substantially from now until 2030, with a large projected increase in the incidence of cancer, road traffic injuries, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in LMICs.
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Systematic review of barriers to surgical care in low-income and middle-income countries.

TL;DR: Key barriers included difficulty accessing surgical services due to distance, poor roads, and lack of suitable transport; lack of local resources and expertise; direct and indirect costs related to surgical care; and fear of undergoing surgery and anesthesia.
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Cost-effectiveness of Surgery in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review

TL;DR: An investment in surgical care and its integration with other public health measures at the district hospital level, rather than investment in single disease strategies, should be considered as part of public health policy in LMIC.
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Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development.

TL;DR: The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery has five key messages, a set of indicators and recommendations to improve access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care in LMICs, and a template for a national surgical plan.
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Global surgery: defining an emerging global health field.

TL;DR: The importance of global surgery to advance its role as an indivisible component of global health is discussed and a working defi nition that can serve as a focal point around which both the surgical and wider global health community can unite is proposed.