Executive summary Remarkable gains have been made in global health in the past 25
years, but progress has not been uniform. Mortality and morbidity from common conditions …

Objectives To identify practices for conducting international short-term medical missions
(STMMs) recommended in the literature and examine how these link STMMs to recipient …

Background Despite the high burden of surgical conditions, the provision of surgical
services has been a low global health priority. We examined factors that have shaped …

Importance Although surgical conditions are increasingly recognized as causing a
significant health care burden among adults in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

The body of literature addressing surgical and anesthesia care for children in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs) is small. This lack of research hinders full understanding of …

Background The non-profit and volunteer sector has made notable contributions to
delivering surgical services in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). As an estimated …

Objective To evaluate the presence, extent, and temporality of transnational neurosurgical
partnerships, to understand and inform measures to address neurosurgical deficiencies in …

The efforts of not‐for‐profit organizations (NPOs) toward enabling health care delivery in
underserved communities across the globe are well‐acknowledged. To date, little is known …

Background A significant portion of surgical aid to low-and middle-income countries (LMICs)
is provided by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in concert with surgeons, but little is …

Subspecialty surgery, the provision of surgical care by trained subspecialists which typically
requires advanced technology, materials, and infrastructure, is an emerging field on a global …