Commentary on ‘Academic Global Surgery Curricula – Current Status and a Call for a More Equitable Approach.’

Triplets delivered in 2015, (the World Bank's Disease Control Priorities 3rd edition, the World Health Assembly's resolution 68.15, and the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery report), injected a fresh breath of life into the global health fraternity. Their delivery led to the recognition of surgery as a public health intervention, and its inclusion within universal healthcare.1-3 Although global surgery was practiced widely before 2015, there was a flurry of activity with soaring interest thereafter, as mirrored by the rapid growth of global surgery publications.
Source: Journal of Surgical Research - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research