The Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery recently published their findings. They clearly show that we are not meeting the immense demand for cancer surgery, globally.

Publication: Capacity-building for Gynaecologic Cancers in LMICs

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) recently published its bi-annual report for 2021-22. Download the report now to read about our team, highlighted activities, organisational growth, and expanding partnerships.

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) held its first joint meeting of the transitional High-Level Council and transitional Technical Advisory Council in April 2023.

We recommend this publication on a Financing Strategy to Expand Surgical Health Care by Desmond T. Jumbam, Che L. Reddy, John G. Meara, Emmanuel M. Makasa and Rifat Atun.

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.

Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has been named among the Top 30 African Female Voices. In 2022, Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was appointed to the GSF Foundation Board.

The GSF appoints former Miss South Africa, Shudufhadzo Musida, appointed as Goodwill Ambassador, lending her voice to help raise awareness for maternal health and paediatric surgery.

We are proud to present the report Towards a Strategy for Improving Surgical Healthcare Worldwide.

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) has appointed Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to its Foundation Board. Dr. Mlambo-Ngcuka is the former UN Under-Secretary-General (USG) and Executive Director (ED) of UN Women and the Former Deputy-President of South Africa.

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) officially registers as a Foundation and has appointed Prof. Rifat Atun to serve as President of its Board.

Access to surgery can keep treatable conditions, such as a common fracture, from becoming lifelong disabilities. An article by members of the GSF, published in Think Global Health.

This article by Joshua Korn and Natalie Meyers was published by The Hill.

The GSF Annual Report 2020 is now available for download.

We invite you to join @surgfoundation on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn to learn more about the need for upscaling surgical systems globally and to get first-hand updates on our work.

The American College of Surgeons published a Post-COVID-19 Readiness Checklist for Resuming Surgery.

The Global Surgery Foundation has received strong support from Global Leaders in Health and Development.

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.