Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS): a decade in review

Affiliations

¹ Global Surgery Group, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
² Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
³ Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chattogram, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.

Review

Soham Bandyopadhyay et al. World J Pediatr Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 2;8(4):e001084.

doi: 10.1136/wjps-2025-001084. eCollection 2025.

¹ Global Surgery Group, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
² Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
³ Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chattogram, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.

No abstract available

Keywords: Child Health; Education, Medical; Evidence-Based Medicine; Health Services; Schools, Public Health.

Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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