The GSF Annual Report 2020 is now available for download.

The Global Surgery Foundation hosted a number of well-received events in 2020. Learn more and re-watch all of them here.

Following the launch of the NSOAP Manual and the NSOAP Educational Series, the Global Surgery Foundation is pleased to collaborate on a three-part series on the NSOAP process in the Asia-Pacific region.

The National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Planning (NSOAP) Manual is being published as a collaborative initiative between the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, and the Global Surgery Foundation. It will be officially launched on 28 September 2020 as part of a special Online Educational Series with the generous support of Johnson & Johnson.

This one hour webinar involved a review of the literature examining the the topic of conservative versus interventional treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax.

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.

UNITAR and the Global Surgery Foundation co-hosted this webinar with Smile Train and the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA).

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.

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.

UNITAR and the Global Surgery Foundation co-hosted this webinar with Operation Smile and Stellenbosch University.

UNITAR and the Global Surgery Foundation co-hosted this one hour webinar with HUG and 2nd chance.

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

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.