'Global surgery'is the term adopted to describe a rapidly developing multidisciplinary field
aiming to provide improved and equitable surgical care across international health systems …

The Millennium Development Goals have ended and the Sustainable Development Goals
have begun, marking a shift in the global health landscape. The frame of reference has …

Efforts from the developed world to improve surgical, anesthesia and obstetric care in low-
and middle-income countries have evolved from a primarily volunteer mission trip model to a …

Background The field of global surgery has gained significant recent momentum, catalysed
by the 2015 publication of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, Disease Control …

The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery's vision is “universal access to safe, affordable
surgical and anaesthesia care when needed”. 1 5 billion people, largely the poor …

Introduction 5 billion people around the world do not have access to safe, affordable, timely
surgical care. This series of qualitative interviews was launched by The Lancet Commission …

Hypothesis Surgical and anesthetic care is increasingly recognized as a neglected but cost-
effective component of primary health care in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

Global health is one of the defining issues of the 21st century, attracting unprecedented
levels of interest and propelling health and disease from a biomedical process to a social …

In response to increasing evidence that surgical conditions are an important global public
health problem, and data suggesting that essential surgical services can be delivered in a …

Background Despite the high burden of surgical conditions, the provision of surgical
services has been a low global health priority. We examined factors that have shaped …