"Neurosurgery in Haiti: A Neglected Piece of the Healthcare Framework"

Surgery is an indivisible, indispensable part of healthcare progress towards Universal Health Coverage. The burden of untreated surgical conditions weighs more heavily on people living in low- and middleincome countries such as Haiti. Neurosurgery efforts in low- and middle-income countries would benefit from integration into ongoing global surgical programs, through partnerships with professional societies, universities, and non-governmental organizations, greatly helping to avoid duplication and complementing each stakeholder’s surgical system strengthening efforts. In Haiti, there are only 5 neurosurgeons for 12 million people. Therefore, there is a strong demand for neurosurgery in Haiti and there is no direct neurosurgery. We need concrete actions on the lack of access to quality surgical care that includes both the delay in seeking care, delay in waiting for care, delay in receiving care, and investment in the training of new specialists to prevent annual deaths and disabilities.