In the latest instalment of Voices of Global Surgery, Punam Gauro, Nursing Chief at AMDA Hospital in Damak, Nepal, and a mentor in the Nepal OSSC project, describes a career spent turning training into impact for mothers and newborns, and remembers the mother whose recovery still shapes every lesson she gives.

In Nakuru County, Kenya, a perioperative nurse and her surgical team are proving that when you invest in the people behind the operating table, the ripple effects reach far beyond theatre walls.

In Kano, Nigeria, Dr. Maryam shares the realities of providing maternal surgical care in a resource-constrained setting—where unpredictability, improvisation, and urgent decisions shape every day.

Meet Mary Mungai, a Nurse Anaesthetist in Kenya whose dedication to maternal safety and teamwork is helping to transform the quality of obstetric and surgical care across East Africa.

In Nepal, too many mothers still die giving life. Dr. Saroja Pande and the Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (NESOG) are working to change that.

As part of our Voices in Global Surgery series, we spoke with patients, frontline workers, and advocates in women’s cancers.

As the first of our new series “Voices in Global Surgery”, this article takes a look behind the scenes of surgical care.

We spoke with cancer survivors from seven countries to learn how their expertise can inform global cancer control programming.