Addressing global health disparities in the developing world gained prominence during the
first decade of the twenty-first century. The HIV/AIDS epidemic triggered much interest in and …

National level experiences, lessons learnt from the Millennium Development Goal (MDG)
era coupled with the academic evidence and proposals generated by the Lancet …

BACKGROUND: The exodus of health professionals including surgeons from sub-Saharan
Africa has been well documented, but few effective, long-term solutions have been …

Surgical care has been described as one of the Cinderellas in the global health
development agenda, taking a backseat to public health, child health, and infectious …

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 …

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 …

Global health is transitioning toward a focus on building strong and sustainable health
systems in developing countries; however, resources, funding, and agendas continue to …

Surgically correctable pathology accounts for a sizeable proportion of the overall global
burden of disease. Over the last decade the role of surgery in the public health agenda has …

Surgery has the potential to address one of the largest, neglected burdens of disease in low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs), especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The Lancet …

Although surgical care has not been seen as a priority in the international public health
community, surgical disease constitutes a significant portion of the global burden of disease …