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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Collaboration between KidsOR & UNITAR on Building Capacity for Pediatric Surgery
UNITAR and GSF are partnering with KidsOR on giving children access to safe surgery in regions where needed most.
WFSA and UNITAR to cooperate on Capacity Building
GSF, UNITAR, and The World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) to Cooperate on Capacity Building.
New Partnership between the University of Global Health Equity & UNITAR
GSF, UNITAR and Harvard Medical School’s Program in Global Surgery and Social Change to Cooperate on Capacity Building.
New Partnership between Smile Train & UNITAR
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Smile Train (EBRS), signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
Post-COVID-19 Readiness Checklist for Resuming Surgery - American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons published a Post-COVID-19 Readiness Checklist for Resuming Surgery.
New Partnership between Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery and UNITAR
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery (EBRS), signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
New Partnership between the Center for Global Surgery of McGill University & UNITAR
UNITAR and the Center for Global Surgery (CGS), McGill University Health Care (MUHC), signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed within the context of the activities of the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) that is being hosted by UNITAR.
New Partnership between the Canadian Network for International Surgery & UNITAR
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS) signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed within the context of the activities of the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) being hosted by UNITAR.
New Partnership between Harvard Medical School & UNITAR
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Harvard Medical School's Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), committing to bringing surgical, obstetrical and anaesthesia care into the mainstream discussions of global health and offering innovative capacity-building tools to support the development of improved surgical care systems globally.
Surgery for All: Social Justice for All - Article in UN Special Magazine
The WHO, UNITAR and the Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change are developing a new platform to help build capacity in Global Surgery. This article was published originally in the official United Nations Magazine in Geneva.