Programmes
Direct and sustained impact where it matters most
Women’s health
Addressing neglected women’s health needs represents one of the best investments in global health and can have a lasting impact on families and communities.
The GSF Women’s Health Programme prioritises the following areas to address women’s surgical needs and to catalyse meaningful and sustained impact: Maternal Health, Cervical Cancer, and Breast Cancer.
Women’s Health Programme
Catalising meaningful impact for women
Value-based Healthcare for Breast Cancer in Rwanda and Türkiye
By strengthening surgical care systems, we are improving treatment for breast cancer patients
Injury & trauma surgery
Responding to the world’s biggest epidemic. In most countries, traumatic injury is the leading cause of death and disability for people under the age of 45. Seven million people die each year as a result of injury and trauma, with many more being left disabled.
The GSF partners with governments to assist the scale up of emergency trauma surgical services through comprehensive and integrated planning.
Trauma Team Training in Kenya
Decreasing injury morbidity and mortality in Kenya through training of trainers
Plasma-derived Therapies
We are strengthening countries’ healthcare systems to meet patients’ need for plasma and plasma-derived therapies
Building Bridges for Broken Bones
A project supported by SURGfund to provide adequate treatment for extremity fracture patients in rural Tanzania
Education & research
Development of the existing and future surgical care workforce is a key component – perhaps the key component – in the provision of safe surgical care worldwide.
Thorugh the United Nations Global Surgery Learning Hub (SURGhub), we offer a leading platform for high-quality surgical training in low- and middle-income countries.
SURGhub - the United Nations Global Surgery Learning Hub
Training surgical workforce to save lives
Harvard High-value Surgical Systems executive course
The highest rated course in Harvard T. H. Chan’s executive education
Champions in Global Surgery Programme
We are investing in the next generation of surgical leaders
Executive Leadership in Global Surgery
A collaboration with University of Cape Town to empower leaders in global surgery
Policy development
The GSF offers a common platform to assist countries in the development of their national surgical plans (NSOAPs) and surgical care policies, which can then be fully integrated into their National Health Strategy.
We collaborate with multiple stakeholders to further develop the NSOAP process, including governments, the World Health Organization, leading academic institutions; funding agencies; industry; foundations, philanthropy, and NGOs.
The NSOAP Manual
We provide a comprehensive planning methodology for Ministries of Health and Finance
NSOAP Educational Series
Our series has all you need to know about the national surgical planning process
National Surgical Planning Assistance
We work directly with several governments on the development and implementation of national surgical plans
Financing surgical care
Inequity in access to surgical care is one of the biggest global health gaps today. GSF’s SURGfund is the first and only catalytic fund for surgical system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries.
SURGfund - the Catalytic Fund for Surgical Care Systems
Mobilising funding for frontline implementation
Announcement of SURGfund at WHA76
Watch the announcement of SURGfund at the largest side-event of WHA 2023
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