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.

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.

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.

UNITAR and GSF are partnering with KidsOR on giving children access to safe surgery in regions where needed most.

GSF, UNITAR, and The World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) to Cooperate on Capacity Building.

GSF, UNITAR and Harvard Medical School’s Program in Global Surgery and Social Change to Cooperate on Capacity Building.

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Smile Train (EBRS), signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery (EBRS), signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Watch a short video of GSF CEO and Founder Dr. Geoff Ibbotson on the benefits of building surgical capacity, recorded during the 2020 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.

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.

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.

UNITAR, in partnership with the WHO, the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF), and the United Nations International Computing center developed an App that is intended to provide surgical teams with an electronic format of the checklist, to render the use of the checklist easier in all surgical settings.

On the occasion of the first World Patient Safety Day, UNITAR, in partnership with the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF), Harvard Medical School’s Programme in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), lifebox, and Ariadne Labs, launched a video to raise awareness on the WHO Safe Surgical Checklist.

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.