ABSTRACT
Background
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has made unparalleled contributions to global
health and human development by bringing together generous funding, strategic partnerships,
and innovative leadership. For the last twenty years, the Gates Foundation has supported
the expansion of programs that directly address the fundamental barriers to the advancement
of marginalized communities around the globe, with a transformative focus on innovations
to combat communicable diseases and to ensure maternal and child health. Despite the
wide spectrum of programs, the Gates Foundation has not, as of yet, explicitly supported
the development of surgical care.
Methods
This article explores the pivotal role that the Gates Foundation could play in advancing
the emerging global surgery agenda. First, we demonstrate the importance of the Gates
Foundation’s contributions by reviewing its history, growth, and evolution as a pioneering
supporter of global health and human development. Recognizing the Foundation’s use
of metrics and data in strategic planning and action, we align the priorities of the
Foundation with the growing recognition of surgical care as a critical component of
efforts to ensure universal health care.
Results
To promote healthy lives and well-being for all, development of quality and affordable
capacity for surgery, obstetrics and anesthesia is more important than ever. We present
the unique opportunity for the Gates Foundation to bring its transformative vision
and programing to the effort to ensure equitable, timely, and quality surgical care
around the world.
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Biography
Article info
Publication history
Published online: October 10, 2018
Accepted:
August 2,
2018
Received:
July 24,
2018
Identification
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