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Research in Focus - Ensuring Global Access to Surgery During COVID-19

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Surgery is an indivisible, indispensable part of health care.

The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery in 2015 found that Treatment for surgical conditions, a broad range of diseases that represent approximately 30% of the global burden of disease and span 100% of disease sub-categories, remains out of reach for the majority of the world’s population. This results in loss of life and reduced welfare for millions of people, and stunts economic development.

The Oxford University Global Surgery Group is part of a worldwide movement which is helping to ensure at least a billion additional people get access to safe and essential surgery by 2030 by
- Promoting, advocating for and advising on best practice in Global Surgery particularly in the fields of research and training.
- Working closely and under local guidance of colleagues in LMICs
- Providing a forum for meaningful networking between those actively engaged in and those seeking opportunities in global surgery

In this session, hear from Prof. Kokila Lakhoo on the vital global efforts to ensure access to surgery and from Dr Anita Makins on the impact COVID-19 is having on women’s surgery.

Oxford University Global Surgery Group
Professor Kokila Lakhoo, Consultant paediatric surgeon, Children’s Hospital in Oxford and the University of Oxford

Women's Health in LMICs during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Dr Anita Makins, Consultant O&G and Director FIGO PPIUD Initiative

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Oct 13, 2020 02:30 PM in London

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Oct 13, 2020 02:30 PM London Topic: Research in Focus - Ensuring Global Access to Surgery During COVID-19 Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nspoCmQXRhGCwybvorMsxQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Professor Kokila Lakhoo (@Children's Hospital in Oxford and University of Oxford.) Professor Kokila Lakhoo is a consultant paediatric surgeon at the Children’s Hospital in Oxford and the University of Oxford. She received an honorary professorship from University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa and Muhimbili University, Tanzania. She is director of a global surgery course for Oxford University and represents the university for children’s global surgery matters. She is chair of the international forum for the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons and is personally developing paediatric surgery through a link in Tanzania, Malawi and South Africa. She is president of Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS) that followed on from the Lancet Commission. She is editor of 4 books including a recent joint venture with her African colleague to a text book: "Paediatric Surgery: a comprehensive text for Africa"(Global HELP publishers).She has contributed to over 85 chapters to paediatric surgical text books and has over 300 peer reviewed publications. Dr Anita Makins (Consultant O&G and Director FIGO PPIUD Initiative ) Dr Anita Makins is a fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists and has a Masters in Public Health in Developing Countries. She is a Consultant at the Oxford University Hospitals Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Global Women’s Health at the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health at Oxford University. She has extensive experience in Sub-Saharan Africa and is currently Director of the PPIUD Initiative at FIGO (the International Federation of Obstetricians & Gynecologists), a multimillion dollar project running for 6 years across 6 countries in Africa and South East Asia.

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