At the upcoming Clinton Global Initiative 2025 Meeting in New York, the Global Surgery Foundation will announce a new Commitment to Action focused on expanding access to safe caesarean section and maternal surgical care in low-resource settings. This builds on a recently launched SURGfund-supported project in Kenya, aiming to reach over 25,000 mothers and newborns each year.

Surgery saves lives—but for billions, it’s still out of reach. At this year’s World Health Assembly, that reality took centre stage. With new catalytic investments into SURGfund, the days of treating surgical care as a side note in global health are over. It’s now a frontline strategy to strengthen systems, save lives, and deliver on the promise of universal health coverage.

In Nepal, too many mothers still die giving life. Dr. Saroja Pande and the Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (NESOG) are working to change that.

As the global health community prepares for the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) in 2025, the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) is curating a comprehensive and up-to-date list of WHA78 side events. 

On 19 May 2025, the Global Surgery Foundation brought global leaders together at the Hôtel InterContinental in Geneva and online for its WHA78 side-event, Accelerating Catalytic Financing in a New Era, where donors announced new commitments to SURGfund. Watch the recording and download the report.

As part of our Voices in Global Surgery series, we spoke with patients, frontline workers, and advocates in women’s cancers.

As the first of our new series “Voices in Global Surgery”, this article takes a look behind the scenes of surgical care.

We spoke with cancer survivors from seven countries to learn how their expertise can inform global cancer control programming.

The project team successfully completed the inclusion period and launched a pilot study in April, which implements a collaborative treatment model involving traditional bonesetters and hospital referrals for surgical treatment when necessary, ensuring adequate pain relief and X-ray diagnostics for all fracture patients

The GSF side-event at WHA77 convened a diverse array of global health leaders, representing UN member states, United Nations bodies, philanthropy, academia, civil society, and industry. The event report is now available.

The special WHA77 GSF side-event took place on 27 May 2024 at the Hôtel InterContinental.

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) officially announced SURGfund at its 76th World Health Assembly side event on 23 May 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Moving Dialogue to Implementation. The Global Surgery Foundation invites you a special World Health Assembly (WHA) side event on 23 May 2023.

Fiji's Minister of Health, Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete, addressed the World Health Assembly audience with a powerful message: the investment case for surgical systems strengthening is a done deal. It needs to happen.

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) has announced that it will be hosting a special side event at the 76th World Health Assembly.

UNAIDS’ Health Innovation Exchange (HIEx) and The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) partnered on two sessions within the framework of the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA). The present report by HIEx highlights the collaboration by the two organisations.

Together, let’s take the next step in global health. The Global Surgery Foundation invites you a special World Health Assembly (WHA) side event on 23 May 2022.

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) and the Nepal Ministry of Health and Population will organize a high-level government workshop on National Surgical Obstetrical and Anaesthesia Planning (NSOAP) in Kathmandu on 11-12 March 2020.

Following the successful launch of the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) at the World Economic Annual Meeting in Davos, the organization was featured in a live interview session by UN Web TV’s SDG Media Zone.

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) was officially launched at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos, Switzerland.

The official launch of the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) will take place at the upcoming World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos, Switzerland.