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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
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
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
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
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