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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
WHA78 Side-Event Report: Accelerating Catalytic Financing in a New Era
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
WHA77 Side-Event Report: Unleashing Powerful Partnerships for Women's Health Equity
Outcomes of the GSF side-event at the 77th World Health Assembly, which brought together member states, UN agencies, philanthropy, academia, civil society and industry on partnerships for women's health equity.
Global Surgery Foundation · July 2024
From Concept to Concrete: Implementing Value-Based Healthcare to Improve Care for the Patient
Report from an online event with UNITAR and Takeda on putting value-based healthcare into practice, with breast cancer surgical care as an entry point.
Global Surgery Foundation, UNITAR and Takeda · May 2024
GSF Annual Report 2023
Covers GSF's team, programmes, partnerships and results in 2023.
Global Surgery Foundation · December 2023
Routine Sterile Glove and Instrument Change at the Time of Abdominal Wound Closure to Prevent Surgical Site Infection
Discussion of the evidence for changing gloves and instruments before abdominal wound closure to prevent surgical site infection, with a focus on implementation in low- and middle-income settings.
EBRS, CAGS, the Global Surgery Foundation and UNITAR · April 2023
Cervical Cancer: Strengthening the Surgical Workforce
Report from an online event with UNITAR on strengthening the surgical workforce to help meet the WHO targets for eliminating cervical cancer.
Global Surgery Foundation and UNITAR · December 2022
Breast Cancer: Moving from Policy to Practice
Report from an online event with UNITAR on the main challenges in turning national breast cancer plans and policies into practice, and how to overcome them.
Global Surgery Foundation and UNITAR · October 2022
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
Pre-Hospital Synergy: Tranexamic Acid and Blood Transfusion in Patients at Risk for Haemorrhage
Discussion of a study on combining tranexamic acid and blood transfusion before hospital arrival for injured patients at risk of haemorrhage.
EBRS, UNITAR, CAGS and the Global Surgery Foundation · September 2022
Surgical Training: Is Digital Tech Here to Stay?
How digital technologies and e-learning can support surgical training and how to ensure equitable access in resource-limited settings. The event also introduced plans for SURGhub.
Global Surgery Foundation, RCSI Institute of Global Surgery and UNITAR · April 2022
Nepal NSOAP Orientation Webinar Series
Report from a webinar series co-hosted by Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population and UNITAR to orient stakeholders on developing a National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Plan for Nepal.
Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal, UNITAR and the Global Surgery Foundation · July 2021
Official Launch of Pakistan's National Surgical Plan
Report from the official launch of Pakistan's National Surgical Plan, which aims to give all Pakistanis access to safe, timely and affordable surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia care.
Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination of Pakistan, UNITAR, Harvard Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Indus Hospital & Health Network and the Global Surgery Foundation · July 2021
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