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A medical team performs an inguinal hernia surgery, in an operating room on U.S. Navy hospital ship the USNS Comfort, off the coast of Ríohacha, Colombia, on November 27, 2018.

Climate Change, Global Surgery, and G20 Nations

by Siddhesh Zadey, Ayla Gerk Rangel

Integrating surgical care into national health plans can help G20 nations achieve their sustainable development goals

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Children walk near a general store.

How Pediatric Surgery Could Help India Reach Its Development Goals

by Vidhi Wadhwani, Siddhesh Zadey

Confronting barriers to pediatric surgical care access should be a major priority

Ryu Han-na poses for photographs before undergoing nose plastic surgery at WooAhIn Plastic Surgery Clinic in Seoul, South Korea, December 17, 2020.
Poverty

Aesthetic Procedures Are at an All-Time High, but People Are Getting Left Behind

by Daniel Bradley

As the aesthetic industry grows, let’s not forget the reconstructive origin ethos of plastic surgery

A woman wearing a black blouse and slacks is pictured walking down a cleared pathway in a lush, green jungle in Fiji.
Environment

From Scalpels to Security

by Callum Forbes, Abbie Naus, Elizabeth McLeod, Craig D. McClain

Examining the intersection of global surgery, climate change, and human security

Four older patients dressed in medical gowns cover their eyes as they wait for cataract surgery on the Lifeline Express, a hospital built inside a seven-coach train, at a railway station in Jalore, India, on March 31, 2018.
Governance

A Lot of Talk but No Seat at the Table

by Anam N. Ehsan, Matthew T. Hey, Sarah K. Hill, Rashi Jhunjhunwala, Kee B. Park

Surgery at the World Health Assembly 

Nigerian surgeons in blue gowns and masks operate on a patient hidden beneath a blue sheet under a large surgical lamp in a room with blue walls.
Governance

Five Billion Reasons for Ramping Up Global Surgery

by Joshua Korn, Natalie Sheneman, Laura Hoemeke

Creating surgical and anesthesia capacity is a win for pandemic preparedness

A man from the Yanomamy tribe waits for his surgery at the surgical center at the Cartucho community during a medical expedition in Santa Izabel do Rio Negro, in Amazonas state in northern Brazil, November 8, 2010.
Environment

Climate Change and Global Surgery

by Matthew T. Hey, Ifeoluwa Shoyombo, Elizabeth F. Yates, Geoffrey A. Anderson

Access to surgical care doesn't have to harm the environment and future generations

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

An intubated patient tries to gesture at a medical worker holding his hand at the Sotiria hospital ICU during the coronavirus outbreak, in Athens, Greece, on April 25, 2020. Picture shows the hand of a patient in a hospital bed being held by the blue-gloved hand of a medical worker. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
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Scaling up Surgery and Anesthesia, Post-Coronavirus

by Craig D. McClain, Laura Hoemeke, Natalie Sheneman

Expanding access to surgery and anesthesia globally would be a win–win for health security and universal health coverage

People waiting for treatment at a hospital after undergoing cataract removals from a free but shoddy eye surgery camp that caused them to lose their vision—in Amritsar, India, on December 5, 2014. The photo shows several people sitting on hospital beds. One man in the foreground is wearing dark glasses. REUTERS/Munish Sharma
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The WHO's Unheralded Role in Surgery

by Laura Hoemeke, Natalie Sheneman, Matthew T. Hey, Megan E. Bouchard

Why does the WHO matter? Its global health coordination makes surgical care more affordable and effective for everyone