A renewed $1 million commitment to SURGfund, announced at WHA79, will train surgical healthcare workers and improve care for patients at 31 facilities. As an anchor contribution it also strengthens the case for further investment into the collaborative funding mechanism.

A global analysis of two decades of health aid found that non-communicable diseases received a fraction of funding despite causing most of the disease burden.

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) convened leaders at the 75th World Health Assembly, issuing a strong call for a pooled financing mechanism for surgical care systems.

We recommend this publication on a Financing Strategy to Expand Surgical Health Care by Desmond T. Jumbam, Che L. Reddy, John G. Meara, Emmanuel M. Makasa and Rifat Atun.

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) is very pleased to announce that Smile Train has joined the Global Surgery Foundation as an Organisational Founding Partner to support the development of The GSF over the coming years.

Access to surgery can keep treatable conditions, such as a common fracture, from becoming lifelong disabilities. An article by members of the GSF, published in Think Global Health.

This article by Joshua Korn and Natalie Meyers was published by The Hill.