Summary of the Eighth World Health Organization Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care Biennial Meeting

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Concise, informative and structured summary of the meeting. Could be published in current form.

Author Response

Thank you so much for your consideration and review of this manuscript.  We all certainly greatly appreciate your time and valuable feedback.  

As no comments include changes recommended to be made, I have not uploaded a draft to this review, but only say thank you again for your time.

Sincerely,

Chris 

Reviewer 2 Report

The Eighth World Health Organization Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care Biennial Meeting is an important meeting and publishing the proceedings of this meeting is vitally important. The lack of surgical care in many developing countries contributes greatly to morbidity and mortality. These initiatives to promote surgical care, training, and safety should be a major priority worldwide. Dr. Kelley's statement that "surgery is a core part of primary care and not a luxury" truly emphasizes this point.

One minor suggestion would be to spell out the acronym NSOAP when it is first used in the header: "4. Session 3: NSOAP Panel Discussion".

Author Response

Hello,

Thank you so much for your consideration and reviewing of this manuscript.  Your comment regarding spelling out the NSOAP in the panel title is a good one and has been modified on the draft uploaded here.

Sincerely,

Chris Strader, MD

Author Response File: Author Response.docx