Surgery is an indivisible, indispensable part of health care

Dr. Jim Kim, president of the World Bank, stated that Surgery is an indivisible, indispensable part of health care. Our group strives to make surgery a public health priority in order to save lives and avoid further disability. The following are important research and policy documents that drive our research.

 

1. The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery

 

 

 

 

2. Disease Control Priorities (DCP3)

 

 

 

 

3. World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 68.15—‘‘Strengthening emergency and essential surgical care and anaesthesia as a component of universal health coverage’’