TY - JOUR T1 - Top 10 Resources in Global Surgery JF - Global Health: Science and Practice JO - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT SP - 606 LP - 611 DO - 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00050 VL - 8 IS - 3 AU - Alliance Niyikuri AU - Emily R. Smith AU - Dominique Vervoort AU - Mark G. Shrime AU - Stav Brown AU - Alexander W. Peters AU - Gavin Yamey AU - Emmanuel Makasa Y1 - 2020/09/30 UR - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/8/3/606.abstract N2 - Key MessagesThe most useful resource reported was Global Surgery 2030, along with other publications, data collection tools, books and training manuals, and a documentary.This list could serve as a starting point for individuals interested in global surgery and be supplemented with resources advocating for global surgery from clinical, population health, or policy perspectives.Global surgery is defined as1:an area of study, research, practice, and advocacy that seeks to improve health outcomes and achieve health equity for all people who need surgical and anesthesia care, with a special emphasis on underserved populations and populations in crisis.The need is great. Surgical disease is among the top 15 causes of disability, and surgical conditions account for up to 30% of total disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost worldwide—with the greatest need in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).2 Surgery has been shown to be highly cost-effective when compared with standard global health interventions.3–5The transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals has usheredin a new era for the global surgery community. Sustain-able Development Goal 3, to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being at all ages,” emphasizes health system strengthening and universal health coverage.6 The provision of available, accessible, safe, timely, and affordable surgical and anesthesia care is identified as an integral component of a functional health system in countries at all levels of economic development and as essential to achieving universal health coverage.2,3,7 In addition, the importance of increasing education, safety, and capacity for the provision of surgical, anesthetic, and obstetric care is highlighted by several global health and development agencies and policy makers, including the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO).8–11As a result, the emerging field of global surgery has … ER -