The GSF’s Women’s Health team shared updates from projects aimed at improving access to surgical care for breast cancer patients in Rwanda and Türkiye.

As the first of our new series “Voices in Global Surgery”, this article takes a look behind the scenes of surgical care.

We spoke with survivors from seven countries to learn how their expertise can inform global cancer control programming.

The Global Surgery Foundation and Leapfrog to Value have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance access to care and strengthen health systems, focusing on Breast Cancer and Maternal Health.

The Global Surgery Foundation and Voice of the Patient have announced a strategic partnership through a memorandum of understanding. This collaboration focuses on enhancing access to care and prioritizing patient voices.

The value-based healthcare (VBHC) programme in Türkiye shared their preliminary results with the scientific community, generating evidence to support the VBHC approach.

The Global Surgery Foundation, in collaboration with UNITAR and partners in Türkiye, conducted a visit to assess the progress of their Value-based Healthcare (VBHC) Programme focused on optimising breast cancer care.

No woman should die for lack of surgical care.

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.  Value-based healthcare (VBHC) approaches can help make quality surgical care available to more breast cancer patients.

The Global Surgery Foundation and UNITAR Sign Shared Vision Statement Around Value-Based Healthcare in Türkiye.

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) launched version 2.0 of the Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) Hub.

The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) and the Turkish Ministry of Health, Marmara University School of Medicine and Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University School of Medicine have entered into a strategic partnership for implementation of the Value-based healthcare (VBHC) programme.

Many health systems around the world face major challenges. In his talk, Prof. Rifat Atun aims to answer the following question: how can we transition from the concept of value-based health care to high-value health systems?

Universal Health Coverage cannot be achieved without access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical services. Value-based Healthcare could take us one step closer.

Where you live should not determine whether you receive treatment for breast cancer.