Publications

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Sebastian Hofbauer 7/28/26 Sebastian Hofbauer 7/28/26

GSF Annual Report 2025

Covers GSF's work in 2025, including growth in funding for surgical care and in training that builds local leadership.

Global Surgery Foundation · July 2026

Sebastian Hofbauer 5/15/25 Sebastian Hofbauer 5/15/25

GSF Annual Report 2024

Covers GSF's work in 2024, a year of growth in expanding access to safe, timely and affordable surgical care.

Global Surgery Foundation · May 2025

Sebastian Hofbauer 1/1/25 Sebastian Hofbauer 1/1/25

Perceptions, Beliefs, and Behaviors Affecting Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Türkiye

Covering five regions of Türkiye, this study examines how the national breast cancer screening programme works in practice, drawing on women aged 40 to 69 and primary care and screening staff to identify barriers and recommendations.

Marmara University Press · January 2025

Women's Health Cancer Care Value-Based Healthcare

Sebastian Hofbauer 12/1/23 Sebastian Hofbauer 12/1/23

GSF Annual Report 2023

Covers GSF's team, programmes, partnerships and results in 2023.

Global Surgery Foundation · December 2023

Sebastian Hofbauer 10/1/22 Sebastian Hofbauer 10/1/22

GSF Bi-annual Report 2021–22

Covers GSF's team, highlighted activities, organisational growth and expanding partnerships in 2021 and 2022.

Global Surgery Foundation · October 2022

Sebastian Hofbauer 5/1/22 Sebastian Hofbauer 5/1/22

Towards a Strategy for Improving Surgical Healthcare Worldwide

Draws on discussions convened for the Geneva Health Forum 2020 and earlier research by the Harvard Program in Global Surgery and Social Change to set out a strategy for improving surgical healthcare worldwide.

Harvard Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Health Systems Innovation Lab at Harvard University and the Global Surgery Foundation · May 2022

Policy & Planning

Sebastian Hofbauer 12/1/20 Sebastian Hofbauer 12/1/20

GSF Annual Report 2020

GSF's first annual report, covering its launch in January 2020, how activities adapted to COVID-19 and the outlook for 2021.

Global Surgery Foundation · December 2020