全球手术 - 巴布森如何借出企业家手金博宝
Guest blog post by Babson College Professor,凯特·麦康（Kate McKone-Sweet）
全球手术 - 一个常见的术语，但许多人都不知道，是全球手术护理的获取和质量。
The全球手术柳叶刀委员会raises awareness of the importance of developing global surgical capabilities, especially in low-to-middle income countries, and highlights the following eye-opening statistics in its first report –Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare and economic development:
- 世界70亿人中有50亿人do not have access to safe, affordable, surgical and anesthesia care
- More than 1/3 of all global deathsare from conditions requiring surgical care – more than the number of deaths from HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis and malaria combined
- Globally,33 million people通过支付手术护理费用面临灾难性的健康支出，another 48 million体验灾难性的支出，以支付手术护理的非医疗费用，例如运输，食物等。
- 在没有紧急投资手术护理的情况下，全球生产力的估计损失是$27 trillionbetween the years 2015 and 2030
显然，有必要解决这个紧急的全球健康问题，这远远超出了外科医生进行短期外科任务旅行的范围。至关重要的是，在低到中型收入国家中开发可持续的手术护理系统，但挑战很复杂。其中包括缺乏训练有素的外科医生，尤其是在农村地区，电力不一致，医疗用品不可靠的供应链，农村地区缺乏医疗机构，有限的运输选择和患者的资源以及不同的财务和基础设施支持来自政府。
To address these challenges, it is critical to have leaders who can balance action, experimentation, and analysis to begin to develop sustainable healthcare systems. And these leaders need to develop partnerships with public health organizations, non-government organizations, funding organizations and others.
Babson’s entrepreneurial expertise makes it a unique partner in providing universal access to safe and affordable surgical care – which is exactly why the College has now joined forces with elite leaders in the industry to pursue necessary change and the implementation of创业思想和行动®in global healthcare.
Next Steps
The Steven C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Foundationhas brought together leaders in the field of global health and surgery from medical, business, and academic institutions throughout Boston. And as a result, the foundation has established three professorships in global surgery, including the recently announcedKletjian Foundation Distinguished Professorship in Global Surgery at Babson College. Babson now sits beside Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in dedicating resources to developing the next generation of global surgeons and health providers, researching new approaches to surgical care delivery, and taking action to solve the complex problems of global surgery. Babson, however, will take a different approach – through an entrepreneurial lens, serving as a critical partner in scaling-up surgical services in underserved areas worldwide.
Babson has also developed case studies to emphasize the significant impact Entrepreneurial Thought and Action® can have in tackling global health challenges. These cases are being published by The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, as well as Harvard Business School Press, and will be available for teaching, free-of-cost, at schools and training programs across the globe.