We are gearing up for our first meeting of the academic year! We’ll be hosting a virtual journal club via Zoom on Tuesday 9/29/20 at 7pm. Come learn more about BGAI and meet others involved in and passionate about global
June Article of the Month
This month’s article reflects the experience of providers in LMICs in managing pediatric airways. Manyumwa P, Chimhundu-Sithole T, Marange-Chikuni D, Evans FM. Adaptations in pediatric anesthesia care and airway management in the resource-poor setting. Pediatr Anesth. 2020;30:241–247.
May Article of the Month
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