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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.
Türkiye: New Shared Vision Statement on Value-Based Healthcare
The Global Surgery Foundation and UNITAR Sign Shared Vision Statement Around Value-Based Healthcare in Türkiye.
Capacity-building for Gynaecologic Cancers in LMICs
Publication: Capacity-building for Gynaecologic Cancers in LMICs
New collaboration with Turkish Ministry of Health and Universities in value-based healthcare
The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) and the Turkish Ministry of Health, Marmara University School of Medicine and Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University School of Medicine have entered into a strategic partnership for implementation of the Value-based healthcare (VBHC) programme.
Financial Toxicity Among Patients With Breast Cancer Worldwide
Financial toxicity (FT) is the negative impact of cost of care on financial well-being. Patients with breast cancer are at risk for incurring high out-of-pocket costs given the long-term need for multidisciplinary care and expensive treatments.
The International Gynecologic Cancer Society and The Global Surgery Foundation Announce Partnership
We are pleased to announce that The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) and the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) have entered into a strategic partnership.
Go watch this short video on breast cancer and surgery
Where you live should not determine whether you receive treatment for breast cancer.