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
Lifebox Virtual Grand Rounds April 21
“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.”
April Article of the Month
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
Section for New Members
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
BGAI meetings on hiatus
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
Bethune Conference May 28 – 31
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
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Workshops
2019 Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Professional Education Workshops: Monitoring and Evaluation for Humanitarian Programs – USA Workshop Cambridge, MA June 3 – 7, 2019 https://bit.ly/2Ec4IWI Remote Sensing for Humanitarian Programs Workshop Cambridge, MA June 24 – 30, 2019 + UAV Workshop
October 2018 HGAI Journal Club
Article: “World Health Organization-World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WHO-WFSA) International Standards for a Safe Practice of Anesthesia” plus a response to the editor and a response to the response. Date: October 2, 2018 Time: 6-9 PM Hosts: Drs. Charles
2019 CUGH Annual Meeting
Join more than 1,800 scientists, faculty, students, and implementers from over 50 countries—from academia, NGOs, government and the private sector—to learn how we can address pressing international and domestic global health, and development challenges. March 8-10, 2019, Hilton Chicago Hotel.
HGAI Meeting: May 2018
On May 3, 2018, the Harvard Global Anesthesia Initiative met at Dr. Lena Dohlman’s house. A presentation was given by Dr. Bushra Taha, a recent graduate of the MGH Anesthesia Residency program. Dr. Taha spoke about her experience teaching