The world is aging — and surgery must keep up! 🩺⚙️

This #GlobalSurgeryDay, we spotlight how shifting demographics are reshaping surgical needs.

📊 Changing populations = changing surgical priorities.

#GSD10 #GlobalSurgery #FutureOfSurgery #HealthSystemsPlanning #InciSioN #AgingPopulation

Safe surgery needs:
✅ O₂
💧 Water
⚡ Energy
♻️ Waste management.

On Day 3 of #GSD10, we spotlight why strong systems = safe surgeries.

#GlobalSurgeryDay #Surgical4All #TheFutureOfTheOR #InciSioN

Elective doesn’t mean unnecessary.
Should surgery be in every pandemic plan?

It’s time to rethink the scalpel. Here are the final 2 lessons that Covid taught us about surgery in a pandemic

#GlobalSurgeryDay #GSD10 #SurgicalSystems #Surgery4All #TheFutureOfTheOR #PandemicLessons #InciSioN

From canceled electives to converted ORs, the pandemic disrupted surgical care like never before. But it also revealed crucial insights.

Here are the first 3 out of 5 lessons COVID-19 taught us about surgical systems. #GSD10 #GlobalSurgeryDay #InciSioN

Happy Global Surgery Day May 25, 2025

🌍 It’s #GlobalSurgeryDay! 5 billion people lack access to safe, timely, affordable surgical care.

Safe surgery saves lives, prevents disability, and strengthens economies. 1/2

Read the RCSI story on the impact of the IGS since the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery:

👉 tinyurl.com/27voq3lv

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10 #RCSI

@rcsi.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social

A Happy #GlobalSurgeryDay to all of our partners & friends around the World!!

The IGS continues to support the training, retention, upskilling and career development of surgery, anaesthesia, nursing & obstetric caregivers, from health workers to specialists.

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgery10 #RCSI

🌍 This #GlobalSurgeryDay, we mark 10 years since WHA 68.15, which recognized surgery as essential to UHC.
@incisionglobal.bsky.social joins 58+ orgs in a renewed global call to action: safe, timely, and affordable surgical care must be a priority!
#TheFutureOfTheOR #GSD10

🌍 Global Surgery Day 🌍

Today shines a light on the inequities in access to safe, timely surgical care worldwide and together, we can work toward a future where surgical care is equitable and accessible everywhere.

#GlobalSurgeryDay #SurgicalEquity #PangeaGHE #GlobalHealth #SafeSurgery #TeachNotDo

🎉 Kicking off #GSD10 with our Journal Club: Policy in Focus!

🗓️ May 25 | 🕛 12 PM GMT | 🌐 Zoom
Dive into WHA 68.15 & 76.2 with Dr. Katayoun Madani and explore how policy shapes access to surgical care.

#GlobalSurgeryDay #InciSioNGlobal #PolicyInFocus #TheFutureOfTheOR

@katayounmadani.bsky.social

Part 2.

"...The RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme, supported by #IrishAid, advances surgical education, training & examinations in 135 COSECSA accredited hospitals in 17 countries."

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10 #COSECSA

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Part 1 - Lucia Brocato, RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme Manager:

"Marking a decade of global impact since the Lancet report, the RCSI/COSECSA partnership continues to transform surgery across Sub-Saharan Africa...

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10 #IrishAid #COSECSA

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10 #COSECSA #IrishAid

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Guten Abend #MedSky #SurgSky 🌍✂️🩺!
We’re excited to kick off our very first social media campaign—starting on #GlobalSurgeryDay, May 25th!
🎙️ Let's share our #GlobalSurgery stories. Use #TellYourGSStory and join us in amplifying voices in #GlobalHealth and #GlobalSurgery.

Part 2: Antonio Jaén Osuna, IGS Communications Expert:

...That's why I like Global Surgery, because it's all about people, beyond the operating theatre. And that is why I try to reflect that in my photographs and stories."

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10

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Part 1: Words & Image by Antonio Jaén Osuna, IGS Communications Expert:

"I always remind myself that the most important part of the work is the people. Grants, awards, articles... none of it means anything to me if the project I am working on has no impact on people's lives...

#GlobalSurgeryDay

Exciting times lie ahead, and the project is poised to reach another milestone: transforming the current water reactor into a more sustainable and affordable one.

Learn about SURG-Water: tinyurl.com/yt3md2de

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10

@rcsi.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Dr Chiara Pittalis, IGS Research Fellow:

"...Proud to work with colleagues in #Akazi and @surg-water.bsky.social to strengthen health services in rural Malawi. #LCoGS10 "

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10

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Dr Chiara Pittalis, IGS Research Fellow:

"10 years on from the Lancet Commission, we know real progress in global surgery doesn’t come from the top down—it’s built through listening, partnership, and locally led action...

#globalsurgeryday #globalsurgery10
@rcsi.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Akazi Breast cancer kills more women than any other cancer in the developing world and have been largely neglected when designing accessible reproductive health programmes for women, especially in rural Afr...

Learn more about Akazi: tinyurl.com/229qvhk7

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10

@rcsi.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10

@rcsi.bsky.social #Smiletrain

Méabh Hennelly - IGS Education Programme Officer:

May 25 marks #GlobalSurgeryDay. We're proud to help bring surgical education to more people by translating the Pan-African Paediatric Surgery E-learning Programme (PAPSEP) into French—expanding access across Francophone Africa.

tinyurl.com/2yzyy5vf

Federico Saracini, IGS PhD Scholar, on a study conducted in Sierra Leone:

"Everybody pays. All the clinical staff charge irregular fees to their patients, irrespective of their salaried or unsalaried status.."

Results here: tinyurl.com/29szd7b9

#GlobalSurgeryDay #RCSI @researchireland.ie

(Part 2)

...Findings: increasing unsalaried clinical staff are detrimental to access to health due to correlated informal charges, absenteeism and selling meds. Workforce planning, investment in health needed.

#Globalsurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10

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(Part 1)

Dr Pieternella Pieterse’s Research Ireland-funded study: What impact do unsalaried health workers in Sierra Leone have on healthcare delivery?...

#Globalsurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10

@rcsi.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @p-pieterse.bsky.social

#Globalsurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10

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As #GlobalSurgeryDay approaches, and we celebrate 10 years since the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, the IGS team will post on our impactful projects, right up to May 25th!

Thank you to all our partners and collaborators!

#GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgery10

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🚨 The #GSD10 website is LIVE!
Explore themes, tools, stories & how YOU can take action this Global Surgery Week. 🩺🌍
📅 May 25–31
🌐 gsd.incisionetwork.org
#TheFutureOfTheOR #Surgery4All #GlobalSurgeryDay