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The NSOAP Manual
A practical guide for countries developing National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Plans. Free to download after completing a short form.
UNITAR, Harvard Program in Global Surgery and Social Change and the Global Surgery Foundation · September 2020
United Nations Global Surgery Learning Hub (SURGhub): Innovating Surgical Workforce Education in the 22 Arab Countries
An abstract on how SURGhub supports surgical workforce education across the 22 Arab countries, presented at the Arab Conference at Harvard.
Arab Conference at Harvard (abstract) · April 2025
Strategic Planning to Improve Surgical, Obstetric, Anaesthesia, and Trauma Care in the Asia-Pacific Region
Reports on a 2021 virtual meeting series in which ministries of health, funders and partners shared lessons on national surgical planning in the Asia-Pacific, covering financing, COVID-19, climate change and remote training.
BMC Proceedings · June 2023
The NSOAP Manual (Spanish edition)
The Spanish edition of the NSOAP Manual (Manual PNCOA), for those looking to improve surgical planning within national health strategies. Free to download after completing a short form.
UNITAR, Harvard Program in Global Surgery and Social Change and the Global Surgery Foundation · December 2022
Strategic Planning to Improve Surgical, Obstetric, Anaesthesia, and Trauma Care in the Asia Pacific Region: Conference Programme
Programme and speaker biographies for the regional conference on planning surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia and trauma care in the Asia-Pacific.
NSOAP Asia Pacific regional conference · March 2021