While it is not our primary focus, we recognize that advocacy is an important tool to promote access to safe, timely, and affordable surgeries for the patients we aim to serve. This past spring, we met with other global surgery experts to push for more investment in surgical services.

Investing in surgical capacity throughout the world is actually one of the “best buys” to prepare for pandemics like the one that has currently spread across our planet.

Today more than ever, we recognize that we are one human family interconnected across geographic borders. We are renewed in the belief that we must eliminate boundaries around our healthcare and prioritize the needs of those who are most vulnerable.

How do we make sure everyone in the O.R.—which may include people speaking multiple languages working in new settings with unfamiliar equipment—is working in sync?

Recently, political instability in Bolivia has become an added barrier to medical care for the most vulnerable. In these moments we’re especially grateful for our partnership with Puente de Solidaridad.

Solidarity Bridge presents parntership model to peers at the G4 Alliance meeting in Manila, Philippines.

Surgery is a complex service. Only through timeliness, system capacity, safety, and affordability can surgery truly be considered accessible. Learn how our work increases access through these four-key components of surgery.

In our second blog on the Need for Surgery, we explore the case for surgery as part of essential health services.

As surgically treatable disease is on the rise, we explore why surgery should be a priority on the global health agenda.