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Global Neurosurgery: Progress and Resolutions at the 75th World Health Assembly
Reviews progress in global neurosurgery advocacy around the 75th World Health Assembly in 2022, including work towards a resolution on folic acid fortification to prevent spina bifida.
Neurosurgery · February 2023
Investing in Surgery, Closing a Global Health Gap
Billions of people lack access to basic surgical care. The authors argue that sustained funding, drawing on lessons from PEPFAR, the Global Fund and Gavi, is needed to build surgical systems in low- and middle-income countries.
Think Global Health · October 2021
Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Surgery and Rehabilitation in Low and Middle-Income Countries: An Innovative Model of Patient Navigation in Nepal
Describes a patient navigation project in Nepal that helped children from remote areas reach hospitals in Kathmandu for cardiac surgery and rehabilitation by arranging referrals, travel and lodging and counselling families.
World Journal of Surgery · April 2021
Surgery for All: Social Justice for All
An article in the United Nations Special magazine on building capacity in global surgery, opening with a patient's story from the Himalayan foothills.
UN Special magazine · May 2019