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OUR PARTNERS

UNITAR
 The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) provides innovative learning solutions to individuals, organizations and institutions to enhance global decision-making and support country-level action for shaping a better future.

UNITAR

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) provides innovative learning solutions to individuals, organizations, and institutions to enhance global decision-making and support country-level action for shaping a better future.

Boston Children's Hospital

The PGSSC is jointly positioned under Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.  With the support of the Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery and the Global Health Program, the PGSSC has helped lead the burgeoning movement in surgical system strengthening.  As affiliates of Boston Children’s Hospital, our team members have completed a multitude of successful research projects and policy initiatives over the years, the impact of which will continue to grow.

Kletjian Foundation

The Kletjian Foundation is a private foundation committed to harnessing the power of entrepreneurship for the health system strengthening. Since its inception in 2012, the Kletjian Foundation has focused on increasing access to surgical care through its three focus areas: system innovations, capacity building, and research and advocacy. The Kletjian Foundation supported the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery and funded Dr. John Meara's Professorship in Global Surgery in April 2015.

GE Foundation

The PGSSC is excited to collaborate with the GE Foundation.  The GE Foundation is committed to equipping communities with the technology and capacity to improve access to better health and education.  Together, we are working in Ethiopia to improve surgical monitoring and evaluation in the hopes of improving patient outcomes.

 

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Mercy Ships

Mercy Ships is a global charity, which, since 1978,  has operated a fleet of hospital ships.  It currently operates the largest civilian hospital ship in the world.  Since 1990, the organization has focused primarily on Africa, with a major focus on West Africa. The PGSSC is partnering with Mercy Ships to provide surgical systems assessments, training, and national surgical plan development in conjunction with national ministries of health.

 

Center for Surgery and Public Health

The Center for Surgery and Public Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital is a joint program of Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The mission of CSPH is to advance the science of surgical care delivery by studying effectiveness, quality equity, and value at the population level, and to develop surgeon-scientists committed to excellence in these areas.

Global Initiative for Children's Surgery
Global Initiative for Children's Surgery is a consortium of providers, institutions, and allies from around the globe and from a wide range of both LMICs and high-income countries (HICs). They believe that children’s surgery includes all provisions of surgical care, not just pediatric surgery. They work by engaging, and being guided by, the needs and insights of local care providers in resource-challenged areas around the globe.
Partners In Health
Partners In Health has historically served as an anchor for our Clinical Fellowship through Zanmi Lasante, their program in Haiti, and their engagement in Rwanda. Leaders at Partners In Health provide mentorship in clinical experience and research.
The University of Global Health Equity - Rwanda
UGHE's mission is to radically change the way health care is delivered around the world. UGHE is a new university based in Rwanda that is building the next generation of global health professionals—doctors, nurses, researchers, and public health and policy experts—into leaders and changemakers who strive to deliver more equitable, quality health services for all. We’re reimagining health education to ensure that quality health care reaches every individual in every corner of the globe.
 
The Global Surgery Foundation
A non-profit organization, that works with governments and frontline providers to build surgical care systems that will save lives and decrease disability. Serving as a common platform for global surgery stakeholders, The GSF focuses on the low and middle-income countries which are furthest behind. Their mission is to accelerate and expand the provision of surgical, obstetrical, and anesthesia care for attaining better health for all.
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