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Now available: WHA77 GSF side-event report

The GSF side-event at WHA77 convened a diverse array of global health leaders, representing UN member states, United Nations bodies, philanthropy, academia, civil society, and industry. The event report is now available.

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Presentation at WACS: Financing Surgical Healthcare

Dr. Geoff Ibbotson and Dr. Ché L. Reddy presented on “Financing Surgical Healthcare” at the Annual Scientific Conference of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) on behalf of the Global Surgery Foundation.

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New Video - Running From Crisis to Crisis

Watch a short video of GSF CEO and Founder Dr. Geoff Ibbotson on the benefits of building surgical capacity, recorded during the 2020 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.

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UN Web TV Features Launch of GSF in Davos

Following the successful launch of the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) at the World Economic Annual Meeting in Davos, the organization was featured in a live interview session by UN Web TV’s SDG Media Zone.

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Roundtable on Safe Surgery

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations International Computing Center (UNICC) and the Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) partnered to organize a roundtable discussion on the occasion of the first official World Patient Safety Day on September 17th 2019.

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