Development of the SOSAS survey, a population based assessment of surgical need. #globalsurgery #globalhealth

Without the relatively simple operation the father of three and main breadwinner would certainly have died. He presented to the … Continue reading Development of the SOSAS survey, a population based assessment of surgical need. #globalsurgery #globalhealth

Operating in Personal Protective Equipment #Ebola #globalhealth

From Chapter 9: Operating in Personal Protective Equipment in Operation Ebola: Surgical care during the West African Outbreak Table 9.1. … Continue reading Operating in Personal Protective Equipment #Ebola #globalhealth

During the West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2014, the amount of surgery performed in Sierra Leone dropped dramatically. Hakon A. … Continue reading The decline of surgical care during the West Africa #Ebola outbreak #Tropmed18

“Advocating for a cause: Documenting land mine injuries in Cambodia” by James C. Cobey, MD, MPH, FACS Land mines are … Continue reading The role of surgery in #landmines, @minefreworld, & @MineBanTreaty

Congrats to Johan von Schreeb and colleagues for their important new paper Epidemiology of Trauma Patients from the Mosul Offensive, … Continue reading New #SurgeryInConflict paper on Mosul Offensive in @worldsurg #FOAMed

Once again Professor Sherry M. Wren, MD, FACS will be running an International Humanitarian Surgical Skills Course at Stanford University. … Continue reading International Humanitarian Surgical Skills Course at Stanford w/ @SherryWren

When Ebola broke out in West Africa in 2014, Sherry M. Wren, MD, FACS and Adam L. Kushner, MD, MPH, … Continue reading The story behind Operation Ebola

Making the case for global surgery is a book review in the Lancet by David A. Waters. Operation Health is … Continue reading Making the case for global surgery – a review of Operation Health in the Lancet