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New Partnership With G4 Alliance
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with G4 Alliance to support the development of improved surgical care systems globally.
Geneva Health Forum, 8th Edition, 16-18 November 2020
The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) is pleased to highlight and recommend the Geneva Health Forum 8th edition taking place from 16 to 18 November 2020.
New Partnership With Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with RCSI for improved and sustainable development in the field of global surgery and for increased global access to surgical care.
Watch: GSF at the World Health Summit Session on Essential Surgical and Trauma Care
Representatives of the Global Surgery Foundation Leadership Team participated in a session of the World Health Summit 2020 entitled “PD 19 - Essential Surgical and Trauma Care".
New Partnership With InterSurgeon
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with InterSurgeon towards the mission of sustainable development of surgical capacities and enhancing the domain of global surgery.
Webinar: Innovative Financing for Global Surgery, the Catalytic Role of Impact Investment
The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) is pleased to highlight and recommend an online conference by Harvard Program in Global Surgery and Social Change on Innovative Financing for Global Surgery.
Watch: Conservative Versus Interventional Treatment for Spontaneous Pneumothorax
This one hour webinar involved a review of the literature examining the the topic of conservative versus interventional treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax.
Reimagining Perioperative Care in Africa, Online Conference, 10-11 October 2020
The Global Surgery Foundation is pleased to highlight and recommend an online conference by UCT Global Surgery and the South African Student Surgical Society (SASSS) on “Reimagining Perioperative Care in Africa”, scheduled for Saturday, 10th October and Sunday, 11th October.
Watch: The Official Launch of the New NSOAP Manual
The new NSOAP Manual was officially launched on 28 September 2020 as part of a special Online Educational Series in partnership with UNITAR, Harvard PGSSC, and with the generous support of Johnson & Johnson.
New Partnership With 2nd Chance
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with 2nd Chance towards the mission of improved safe surgical care and to contribute to the larger mission of sustainable development of surgical capacities.
Watch: Global Anaesthesia Priorities in the COVID-19 Era
UNITAR and the Global Surgery Foundation co-hosted this webinar with Smile Train and the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA).
New Partnership With Royal College Canada International
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with RCI for developing and offering innovative capacity-building tools to support the development of improved post-graduate medical education and surgical care systems globally.
New Partnership with the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with COSECSA for the goal of offering innovative capacity-building tools to support the development of improved surgical care systems globally.
Webinar: Global Anaesthesia Priorities in the COVID-19 Era, 15 September 2020
UNITAR and the Global Surgery Foundation is is excited to announce a virtual roundtable, in collaboration with Smile Train and WFSA on Global Anesthesia Priorities in the COVID-19 Era.
New Partnership with the University of Witwatersrand and its WITS Health Consortium
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with University of Witwatersrand’s Wits Health Consortium to pursue the mission of sustainability in global surgery and ensuring safe surgical care.
Collaboration with Stellenbosch University
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with Stellenbosch University, acting through its Centre for Global Surgery (CGS), to ensure equitable access to quality surgical care for all.
New Partnership between UNITAR & Operation Smile
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with Operation Smile on providing safe surgical care to those born with cleft lip, cleft palate, and other facial deformities.
Watch: Leading Health Systems Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
UNITAR and the Global Surgery Foundation co-hosted this webinar with the University of Capetown, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Operation Smile, and the Nepal Medical Council.
New Partnership between the Global Initiative For Children’s Surgery & UNITAR
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS) to ensure safe surgical care for every child across the globe, all realms of surgical care.
Watch: Restarting Non-Emergency Surgery in LMICs
UNITAR and the Global Surgery Foundation co-hosted this webinar with Operation Smile and Stellenbosch University.