Equitable Bidirectional 
Exchanges in Global Surgery

Development of truly bidirectional academic global surgery exchanges requires supportive policies for Visa, Medical Licensing, and Malpractice Insurance. Our efforts focus on visa, and medical licensing issues. Through collaborating with colleagues across the community(American College of Surgeons Coalition BRIGHT), we are working towards making bidirectional academic exchanges possible.

Declaration on Patients’ Rights to Labour Analgesia

Annually 140 million births take place around the world. Majority of these births are in Low and Middle- income countries. Many lack access to labour analgesia. We along with our colleagues and other stakeholders, endorse the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) Labour Analgesia Declaration. 

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We emphasizes the right of every pregnant patient to receive analgesia for labour pain upon request. 

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Learn more about the declaration on WFSA website.

Statement and Call to Action on Equitable Access to Safe, Timely and Affordable Surgical Healthcare

This year marks the 10th anniversary of passing of WHA Resolution 68.15 “Strengthening emergency & essential surgical care and anesthesia as a component of universal health coverage” & the 10th anniversary of Global Surgery Day. In conjunction with the 78th World Health Assembly, we along with over 50 other stakeholders participated in a Civil Society Statement and Call to Action! 

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We called on:

1. The World Health Organization Member States, to: 

• Invest in systems

• Invest in people

• Invest in graduate and postgraduate training

• Invest in research

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2. The Civil Society and Academic Institutions, to commit to high standards in research and clinical practice, foster shared learning and promote equitable partnerships across global surgery and related areas, including noncommunicable diseases, primary and secondary care, respiratory health, pediatric surgery and beyond. 

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3. The Pan American Health Organizations and Global Partners, to:

• Make surgical care a visible, measurable and financed priority within health, humanitarian and climate resilience agendas. 


• Collaborate with governments and multilateral financing institutions to implement concrete, localized mechanisms for delivering safe, timely and appropriate care.

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Read the full text of the statement on the website of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.