In the past decade, interest in surgery as a means to improve public health and engage in
international service has increased significantly. International organizations, academic …

To paraphrase Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken, global surgical care has taken a road
less traveled, and it has indeed made a difference. Yet, traveling this road has not …

Over the past two decades, global surgery has evolved into a well-recognized surgical
discipline. This has come about for several reasons beyond the moral imperative. With the …

A workforce trained in the development and delivery of equitable surgical care is critical in
reducing the global burden of surgical disease. Academic global surgery aims to address …

Two recent articles in the World Journal of Surgery highlight the importance of situating
surgical care within the broader context of health systems and global health policy. In a …

There is an unacceptably high burden of death and disability from conditions that are
treatable by surgery, worldwide and especially in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

Global surgery as an essential component of global health. Global surgery is the study and
practice of improving access to timely, quality, and affordable surgical care. It emphasizes …

To the unfamiliar, the idea of global surgery conjures images of providing direct surgical
care in remote places. While this is one component of global surgery, this book is dedicated …

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is a leader in international
development and humanitarian efforts focused on improving health, alleviating poverty, and …

In recent years, as the high burden of surgical disease and poor access to surgical care in
low-and middle-income countries have gained recognition as major public health problems …