Eye health and vision have widespread and profound implications for many aspects of life,
health, sustainable development, and the economy. Yet nowadays, many people, families …

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 …

Introduction Worldwide, more than 20 million patients undergo groin hernia repair annually.
The many different approaches, treatment indications and a significant array of techniques …

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 …

Alveolar ridge preservation is routinely indicated in clinical practice with the purpose of
attenuating postextraction ridge atrophy. Over the past two decades numerous clinical …

Objective Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for
17.5 million deaths every year, of which 80% occur in low-and middle-income countries …

Summary The World Bank will publish the nine volumes of Disease Control Priorities, 3rd
edition, in 2015–16. Volume 1—Essential Surgery—identifies 44 surgical procedures as …

THE VISION OF THE LANCET COMMISSION ON GLOBAL SURGERY is universal access to
safe, affordable, surgical and anaesthesia care when needed. 1 Five billion people, largely …

Background Approximately 150 million individuals worldwide face catastrophic expenditure
each year from medical costs alone, and the non-medical costs of accessing care increase …

Around the world today, low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have not benefited from
advancements in neurosurgery; most have minimal or even no neurosurgical capacity in …