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News type: Programme updates · Stories · Partnerships · Publications · Organisation
Event type: High-level events · Webinars · External events
Project: Kano (Nigeria) · Nakuru (Kenya) · Koshi (Nepal) · Bonesetters (Tanzania) · Breast cancer (Türkiye) · SURGhub
Photo: OSS Nakuru project
Too Late for Surgery: The Lung Cancer Crisis in Low-Resource Settings
Lung cancer is the world’s leading cause of cancer death, yet most patients in low-resource settings are diagnosed too late to access life-saving surgery. On World Lung Cancer Day, we explore the urgent need to close the global gap in timely, equitable surgical care.
Generating evidence to support value-based care in Türkiye
The value-based healthcare (VBHC) programme in Türkiye shared their preliminary results with the scientific community, generating evidence to support the VBHC approach.
Update from Türkiye: Engaging Our Partners in Value-based Healthcare & Breast Cancer
The Global Surgery Foundation, in collaboration with UNITAR and partners in Türkiye, conducted a visit to assess the progress of their Value-based Healthcare (VBHC) Programme focused on optimising breast cancer care.
Surgical Care Provides a Missing Piece for Women’s Equity (International Women’s Day)
No woman should die for lack of surgical care.
Breast Cancer: How Value-based Healthcare Can Help Treat Women
1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Value-based healthcare (VBHC) approaches can help make quality surgical care available to more breast cancer patients.
Watch: Leave No One Behind in Cervical Cancer
Our short video on cervical cancer, and why no woman should be left behind.
Watch: Zozibini Tunzi’s Message on Breast Cancer
“Beyond. And always.” Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi has a clear message on breast cancer.
Go watch this short video on breast cancer and surgery
Where you live should not determine whether you receive treatment for breast cancer.