The International Symposium was founded on a baseline assessment including data submitted by 29 participating African countries and more than 600 hospital districts. The findings included an overview of how many participating countries currently have developed National Strategic Health Plans, and identified key gaps and challenges each country faces. These challenges include inadequate infrastructure, shortage of human resources, and limited partner support.
With these gaps in mind, the experts gathered at the Symposium identified possible solutions that would allow African nations to take tangible steps toward safer surgical, obstetric, and anaesthetic care by 2030. These solutions were discussed during the Presidential Conversation and President Macky Sall has pledged to bring the Dakar Declaration to the Conference of African Heads of State and Government. The Dakar Declaration is a strategic plan to make key improvements to local surgical, obstetric, and anesthetic systems by 2030.
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