In response to the 2010 earthquake and subsequent cholera epidemic, St Luke's Medical
Center was established in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Here, we describe its inception and …

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 …

There is increased understanding of how surgery can transform access to and the impact of
public health initiatives internationally. Through innovations in technology, infrastructure …

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

Impressive progress has been made in global surgery in the past 10 years, and now serious
and evidence-based national strategies are being developed for scaling-up surgical …

In India, 90% of the rural population is estimated to lack access to safe, affordable, and
timely surgical care. Surgical care in these settings is often characterized by limited …

We welcome the five published responses1-5 to our editorial, 6 which outlined a research
agenda for making surgery accessible in low-and middle-income country settings, where it is …

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 …

Worldwide, 4.8 billion people do not have access to safe, adequate surgical care and an-
aesthetic management. Surgical care has been deemed “the neglected child of global …

More than three years have passed since the publication of the Lancet Commission on
Global Surgery and its recommendations on scaling up surgery in sub-Saharan Africa …