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NEW DELHI, Sept.
27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the largest leading body for clinical & public health, social care, and translational research is conducting its annual meeting in Delhi on 26th and 27th of September.
The aim of the conference is to discuss the importance of "Research in Surgery" in India and across the globe.
Access to surgery is an essential component of health systems but has generally been neglected.
There is a large unmet need for surgical care worldwide, with surgical conditions and treatments being poorly resourced, the COVID-19 pandemic has further accentuated the challenges associated with access and provision for essential surgery.
The two-day meeting in the city is organized in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, Christian Medical College Ludhiana, and Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (BCTU) with an overarching aim to increase quality and standards of surgical care globally and especially in Lower Middle-Income countries (LMICs).
It is found that where surgery is available, patients are 3 times more likely to die in LMICs after the operation than in high-income countries thus the NIHR aims to save lives through realistic and cost-effective solutions.
Speaking at the meeting, Professor Dion Morton, Colorectal Surgeon, Barling Chair of Surgery and Co-Director NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, University of Birmingham, said, "We conduct annual research prioritisation events such as this to allow surgeons from all over the world to establish the priorities and solutions for the network.
We focus on advocacy, education, research, and clinical interventions.