Dr. Francis Abantanga, MD, Pediatric Surgeon, Head of the Department of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University for Development Studies in Tamale, Ghana, recently addressed University of Utah Health Sciences faculty, staff and students about the delivery of care to patients through ApriDec, an NGO which Dr. Abantanga founded and oversees. ... Read More
Doctor Raymond Price, Director of the Center for Global Surgery, Professor of Surgery and Associate Adjunct Professor of Public Health at the University of Utah, recently addressed the Mexican Senate at a Safe Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy forum.... Read More
Mike Morgan, MD, describes a novel Emergency Medicine platform in a global health context. ... Read More
Mark Harris, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, M.B.Ch.B., M.P.H, tells why he does Global Health work and why we should help, not do. ... Read More
In the upcoming days the process of selecting a new Director General for the WHO will accelerate. This year’s election happens at a time in which WHO is reinforcing its support to health systems strengthening as a necessary condition for achieving universal health coverage. Simultaneously, it will continue developing structures and approaches that can rapidly and effectively respond to unexpected health threats in a changing environment and in an increasingly interconnected world.... Read More
“Extreme Affordability” is a new design-requirement that upends the growing healthcare affordability problem by forcing close inspection of the value equation that controls for quality against cost. Costs can decrease without a corresponding slip in quality when we are relentless to improve the processes, supply chains, and synergies we use to create value.... Read More