Let's dedicate today to the unwavering commitment of medical professionals who dedicate their expertise to the well-being of our youngest patients.
Pan-African Paediatric Surgical Association-PAPSA World Federation of Assctns of Pediatric Surgeons Ministry of Health GICS Kids Operating Room

Great to hear Justina Seyi-Olajide discuss the work that global initiative of children's surgery on Behind the Knife's Global Surgery Podcast!

🌟 Happy World Pediatric Surgery Day! 🌟

Today, we celebrate the incredible strides made in pediatric surgery and honor the visionaries behind it. On this day in 2001, the Kyoto Declaration of Pediatric Surgery set the stage for the World Federation of Associations of Pediat...

Publication Alert!!🚨 Past GICS Chair Emmanuel Ameh and team demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of pediatric surgical interventions and OR installation. Cheers to this amazing work! Ava Yap Kids Operating Room
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#disparities
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At the recent GICS meeting, #GICSV , we were proud to take part in a #Nursing Post-Anesthesia Care workshop, led by Comrade Lawal-Aiyedun Olubunmi with support from Prof. Vinitha Ravindran, Dr. @Wagathuya, & Faye Evans. Nurses are essential to ensuring #safeanesthesia for all! #Nurse

Amazing work!

Happy International Women's Day! We are proud to work with amazing women surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses across the globe to support children's surgical care. Thank you to our colleagues in 🇲🇾 🇰🇪 🇵🇭 🇰🇭 for their amazing work. #SurgicalCare4Kids

There is nothing better than seeing your patients grow up! This child experienced malrotation, which is a life-threatening congenital anomaly that requires emergent surgical intervention. Thank you to Dr. Abdelbasit Ali for sharing her story. #SurgicalCare4Kids #WorldBDDay

Great work Mary T. Nabukenya 👏👏👏

Access to high-quality surgical care is critical to the treatment of birth defects. Thank you to this Ugandan 🇺🇬 family for sharing the story of their son with esophgeal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula. phyllis kisa #SavingLifeTimes #WorldBDDay #SurgicalCare4Kids

Every year, about 3-6% of infants worldwide are born with a serious birth defect. This means that life-altering conditions such as spina bifida and congenital heart defects affect millions of babies and families.

CDC and partners including GICS, works globally to reduce stigm...

March 3 is recognized annually as World Birth Defects Day. Birth defects affect infants regardless of birthplace, race, or ethnicity. They are a leading cause of death for infants and young children globally.

#WorldBDDay #ManyBirthDefects1Voice #GICS

During the NGO and Program Updates session GICS V today Dr Godfrey Sama Philipo RCSI Institute of Global Surgery presented on 'Developing COSECSA Surgical Audit and Standards Collaborative Network.'

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We love celebrating our presenters! There is some amazing work being done across the globe.

“6 years ago we stood in front of this conference & told you that we had a vision to change the face of global children's surgery...” 💙

A great week for the KidsOR team in the Philippines @ the GICS conference 🌎

We leave more determined than ever to make the best care…

Is there a better place to celebrate Global Children’s Surgery Day than at the #GICSV meeting? Great session on the progress of child’s surgery on the global health agenda with Drs. Doruk Ozgediz, Justina Seyi-Olajide, 💧Liz McLeod 💛, Lubna Samad, & others.

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We are pleased to have been able to share our experience with surgical care programs in Pakistan at the recent GICS conference in Manila, Philippines. Apart from a poster on the CARe congenital anomalies
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Always inspired by the incredible Justina Seyi-Olajide 👏

1.7 billion 👶 lack access to safe surgical care 🌎🩺
~ 30% of the #GBD is treatable with #surgery , yet in #LMICs ~ 87% of the need remains unmet

#GICSV is over but our mission continues 💪 GICS #SurgicalCare4Kids

Recently, our team attended the GICS conference in #Manila , showcasing our commitment to #comprehensivecare for children born with #cleft conditions. Together, we can work towards a future where surgical care is accessible to all, regardless of their circumstances! #GICSV

Reconnected with Oxford University Global Surgery Group friends at GICS #GICSV meeting in Manila. Alliance Niyukuri 🇧🇮 is one of 2 pediatric surgeons in Burundi🇧🇮 while Godfrey Sama Philipo, M.D, MPH, MGSC is a global surgery expert in Tanzania🇹🇿. Amazing and truly wonderful people. Keep fighting the good fight… FOR THE KIDS!!