Please see our detailed surgical work plan here.  These services will save lives while developing metrics for greater public sector effectiveness and accountability.

The work plan and renovation materials required for Lab and surgical services can be viewed here and here respectively. 

External Links

The structure of emergency obstetrical services in the hospital facility:

• Abreu E, Potter D. Recommendations for renovating an operating theater at an emergency obstetric care facility. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2001;75(3): 287-94.
• Dwivedi H, Mavalankar D, Abreu E, Srinivasan V. Planning and implementing a program of renovations of emergency obstetric care facilities: experiences in Rajasthan, India. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2002; 78: 283-291.
• Gill Z, Ahmed JU. Experience from Bangladesh: implementing emergency obstetric care as part of the reproductive health agenda. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2004; 85: 213-220.
• Gill Z, Bailey PE, Waxman R, Smith JB. A Tool for Assessing ‘Readiness’ in Emergency Obstetric Care: The Room-by-Room ‘Walk Through’. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2005; 89:191-199.

The approach we take towards emergency obstetrical services:

http://www.amddprogram.org/index.php?sub=4

Excellent article on the need for scaling up surgical capacity in resource-denied areas:  http://www.springerlink.com/content/e5k57877wvl23840/fulltext.html

Editorial on the need for surgical efforts to combat maternal mortality: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902041.html

Another nice editorial on the need for surgical services:

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050121&ct=1

http://www.who.int/surgery/globalinitiative/en/

http://globalsurgeryresearch.com/

Management approaches for health systems and hospitals:

http://www.who.int/management/en/ (see readings)