Rifat Atun

Rifat Atun is a Professor of Global Health Systems at Harvard University, and the Faculty Chair for the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program. He serves on the Leadership Team of the Global Surgery Foundation. 

Doctor Georges Bwelle (L), head of the visceral surgery department at the Yaounde Central Hospital, and one of his colleagues operate on a patient at the Nkongsamba prison in Nkongsamba, Cameroon, on July 17, 2021.
Governance

Investing in Surgery, Closing A Global Health Gap

by Geoff Ibbotson, Dominique Vervoort, Rifat Atun

Access to surgery can keep treatable conditions, such as a common fracture, from becoming lifelong disabilities