Boston Global Anesthesia Initiative

This month’s featured article attempts to quantify the pediatric perioperative mortality in Kenya, and found that it was two orders of magnitude higher than in high-resource settings. Newton MW, et al. “Pediatric Perioperative Mortality in Kenya: A Prospective Cohort Study

“An international community of clinicians recently published guidelines in Annals of Surgery on preparing the surgical ecosystem for COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa. Join the key authors for a virtual grand rounds to discuss the role and management of surgical systems in the context of COVID-19.”

This month’s article was developed by an international team of anesthesiologists, surgeons, and obstetricians and provides recommendations for preparing for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa. Ademuyiwa AO, et al. “COVID-19 preparedness within the surgical, obstetric and

For those of you who may be new to BGAI, or even if you’ve attended one or two meetings already, there is now a new section of recommended reading for new members. These are core articles that pertain to Global

Hi everyone, Given the current pandemic, we are holding off on planning any further BGAI meetings until the situation improves. In the meantime, here is some select literature on the current situation that you may find useful. Stay healthy and

2020 Bethune Round Table “The Bethune Round Table is a multidisciplinary meeting that aims to address the challenges and strategies of providing accessible, high-quality surgical care to vulnerable populations around the world. This conference encourages dialogue on global surgery from