Comment www. thelancet. com Vol 402 July 8, 2023 87 profession. Women, minoritised
groups, and patients from low-income and middle-income countries remain under …

Surgical care is an integral part of health care throughout the world. An estimated 234
million operations take place each year, a volume that now exceeds that of childbirth. 1 …

Delivery of surgical care—defined here as surgery, anaesthesia, nursing, and work by allied
health professionals, including managers—plays a fundamental part in prevention …

THE VISION OF THE LANCET COMMISSION ON GLOBAL SURGERY is universal access to
safe, affordable, surgical and anaesthesia care when needed. 1 Five billion people, largely …

In today's Lancet, Thomas Weiser and colleagues1 report that there are 234 million major
surgical procedures worldwide each year, one for every 25 people. This figure is more than …

We are writing to Margaret Chan (WHO), Jim Yong Kim (World Bank Group), and Raj Shah
(USAID) on behalf of 100 global surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anaesthesia federations …

Over the past 5 years, trainee-led regional networks in general surgery have been
developed to adopt a novel collaborative approach to research in the UK. This approach …

More than 235 million patients undergo surgery every year worldwide, but less than 1% are
enrolled in surgical clinical trials—few of which are international collaborations. Several …

It is estimated that the healthcare system in England is responsible for an estimated 4–5 per
cent of the country's carbon footprint 1. To put that into perspective, the National Health …

The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery's vision is “universal access to safe, affordable
surgical and anaesthesia care when needed”. 1 5 billion people, largely the poor …