Cancer is emerging as a major public health challenge globally. Recently, IARC
(International Association of Research on Cancer) published global cancer burden using …

Executive summary Remarkable gains have been made in global health in the past 25
years, but progress has not been uniform. Mortality and morbidity from common conditions …

Background Surgery is the main modality of cure for solid cancers and was prioritised to
continue during COVID-19 outbreaks. This study aimed to identify immediate areas for …

Background There is a need to increase access to surgical treatments in African countries,
but perioperative complications represent a major global health-care burden. There are few …

Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common infections associated
with health care, but its importance as a global health priority is not fully understood. We …

Background The perception of surgery as expensive and complex might be a barrier to its
widespread acceptance in global health efforts. We did a systematic review and analysis of …

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 …

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 …

'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 …

Background Malnutrition represents a key priority for global health policy, yet the impact of
nutritional state on cancer surgery worldwide remains poorly described. We aimed to …