In Pursuit Of Health Equity For Children With Surgical Needs (Viewpoint)

Abstract

The children in the low and middle income countries (LMIC) suffer the most. Political instability along-with regional armed conflicts for economic gains as well as natural environ-mental disasters and man-made climate related challenges lead to absolute poverty that deprived people of basic needs including safe drinking water, food, sanitation and many others. Interestingly high birth-rate, a reflec-tion of social needs without considering the responsibility at individual level with limited resources, adds to the perennial challenges in the LMICs. Though healthcare is given a prio-rity in all the policies but same is not visible on ground. The main reasons are the poor gover-nance, corruption and dysfunctional judiciary to name a few.