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Review
. 2021 Mar;91(3):245-248.
doi: 10.1111/ans.16534. Epub 2021 Feb 12.

RACS and its Fellows: a contribution to sustainable healthcare improvement in South East Asia

Michael Hollands  1   2   3 , Abdullah Noor Hisham  4 , James Kong  5   6 , Daliah Moss  3 , Aryono Pusponegro  7 , Nopadol Wora-Urai  8 , Zaw Wai Soe  6
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RACS and its Fellows: a contribution to sustainable healthcare improvement in South East Asia

Michael Hollands et al. ANZ J Surg. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

The question of whether small non-government organizations with comparatively small budgets can make a substantial contribution to sustainable improvement in health care in low- and middle-income countries is crucial to funding global surgical projects. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and its Fellows have partnered with local organizations and clinicians to deliver a wide range of projects in South East Asia. These projects have proved sustainable and have increased healthcare capacity in these nations. This provides strong evidence that small non-government organizations such as the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons can make a major contribution to global surgeryI.

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