Defining humanitarian surgery: international consensus in global surgery

Gerard McKnight^{1

2

3

4}, Rocco Friebel^{1

5}, Isobel Marks^{1

2

6}, Ahmed Almaqadma^{2

7}, Mohamed Youssef Seleem^{2

8}, Tim Fabrice Tientcheu^{2

9

10}, Raoof Saleh^{2

11}, Marcella Ryan-Coker^{2

12}, Rosemary Emodi^{1

2}, Mai Seida², Jonathan Barden², Anthony Redmond¹³, Mohana Amirtharajah^{2

14}, Sherry M Wren^{2

15}, Andrew Leather¹⁶, Rachel Hargest^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Global Surgery Policy Unit, LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
² Humanitarian Surgery Initiative, Global Affairs Department, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK.
³ Academic Department of Military Surgery & Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁵ Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
⁶ Department of Urology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
⁷ Plastic Surgery Department, Alshifa Medical Complex, Gaza, Palestine.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁹ General and Digestive Surgical Unit, Central Hospital Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon.
¹⁰ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon.
¹¹ Médicins Sans Frontières, Kilo Project, Kilo Hospital, Ibb Governorate, Yemen.
¹² Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹³ Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, Ellen Wilkinson Building, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
¹⁴ Médicines Sans Frontières Operational Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
¹⁵ Department of Surgery and Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
¹⁶ King's Centre for Global Health and Health Partnerships, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.

Comment

Gerard McKnight et al. Br J Surg. 2024.

. 2024 Jan 31;111(2):znae024.

doi: 10.1093/bjs/znae024.

¹ Global Surgery Policy Unit, LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
² Humanitarian Surgery Initiative, Global Affairs Department, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK.
³ Academic Department of Military Surgery & Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁵ Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
⁶ Department of Urology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
⁷ Plastic Surgery Department, Alshifa Medical Complex, Gaza, Palestine.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁹ General and Digestive Surgical Unit, Central Hospital Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon.
¹⁰ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon.
¹¹ Médicins Sans Frontières, Kilo Project, Kilo Hospital, Ibb Governorate, Yemen.
¹² Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹³ Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, Ellen Wilkinson Building, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
¹⁴ Médicines Sans Frontières Operational Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
¹⁵ Department of Surgery and Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
¹⁶ King's Centre for Global Health and Health Partnerships, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.

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