“Not only is improvising access to surgery the right thing to do morally, but it is also important to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity.” -
Dr Jim Kim,President of the World Bank
“Surgery is an indivisible, indispensable part of health care.
I urge you to challenge this injustice, and to build a shared vision and strategy for global equity in essential surgical care." -Dr Jim Kim, President of the World Bank
“Global Surgery - The neglected stepchild of Global Public health.”
Dr. Paul Farmer, Infectious Disease Specialist
Dr. Jim Kim, President of the World Bank
“313 million procedures performed globally each year. Only 6% of the procedures are done in the poorest countries which more than 1 third of the world population lives.”
The Lancet's Commission on Global Surgery
“33 million individuals face financial catastrophe due to payment for surgery and anaesthesia care every year An additional 48 million catastrophic expenditure are attributed to the non-medical cost of accessing surgical care."
The Lancet's Commission on Global Surgery
The Lancet's Commission on Global Surgery
Surgery in developing countries
bowel anastomosis and global surgery
(bags) workshop
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