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Event type: High-level events · Webinars · External events
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Global Surgery Foundation Releases 2025 Annual Report: A Turning Point for Health Equity
The Global Surgery Foundation’s 2025 Annual Report marks a decisive turning point for global health. Discover how increased catalytic financing and award-winning training are building local leadership capacity to bring safe, sustainable surgical care to everyone, everywhere.
What Makes Open-Access Medical Education Work: Insights from a New Scoping Review
Open-access medical education is growing fast, but its effectiveness remains uneven. A new review outlines the main barriers and enablers shaping how these platforms perform, especially in low-resource settings.
New Publication Highlights Global Impact of SURGhub
A new paper explores the development and roll-out of the United Nations Global Surgery Learning Hub and its impact on training the surgical workforce globally.
Global Surgery Foundation Releases 2024 Annual Report: A Landmark Year for Surgical Equity
The report marks a year of unprecedented growth for the organisation in expanding access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical care worldwide.
Our 2023 results are now available
In 2023, GSF significantly expanded its global footprint, reaching several important milestones in priority areas, resulting in a record-breaking year for growth & frontline impact.
New Publication on E-learning as Part of Surgical Training in Low-Resource Settings
2.2 million more surgical care clinicians are needed to provide access to safe surgical care for all. Read our new research article on “E-learning Supporting Surgical Training in Low-Resource Settings.”