WHO Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (GIEESC)
The WHO Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (GIEESC) is a global forum that convenes multidisciplinary stakeholders representing health professionals, public health experts, health authorities and local and international organizations.
Established in December 2005, the GIEESC has grown to include over 2300 members from 140 countries which collaborates to share knowledge, advise policy formation and develop educational resources to reduce the burden of death and disability
from conditions that could be treated through surgery.
Publication
Meeting reports
25 March 2020
The eighth meeting of the Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care - Bangkok, Thailand 2019
6 November 2017
The seventh meeting of the Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care - Maputo, Mozambique 2017
20 January 2016
The sixth meeting of the Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care - Geneva, Switzerland 2015
20 January 2014
The fifth meeting of the Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2013
1 March 2012
The fourth meeting of the Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care - San Diego, USA 2011
19 October 2009
The third meeting of the Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
1 December 2007
The second meeting of the Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care - Dar-es-Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 2007
31 January 2006
The first meeting of the Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care - Geneva, Switzerland 2005
Country reports
Click each link to view detailed reports of low- and middle-income country activities on establishing emergency and essential surgical care at the district level.