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September Newsletter The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration GlobalSurg 3: the story so far GlobalSurg 3 is now is the final stages of data analysis and manuscript preparation. It has been our biggest and most complex study to date and has relied on the hard work and dedication of literally thousands of individuals all around the world. The [...]
Kigali 2018 - what an amazing week! Everyone is heading home after a fantastic week in Kigali for the 2nd annual research prioritisation workshop from the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. Over the course of the workshop we have seen the amazing progress made over the last 12 months by [...]
We open this eighth edition of the newsletter with the exciting news about our most recent publications which include the first paper from the GlobalSurg-CovidSurg study week. The paper looks at timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection and is available online today in the Anaesthesia journal. Another CovidSurg paper that considers the potential benefit of vaccination for [...]
A very warm welcome to the first edition of the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery newsletter. We will be using this newsletter to share the latest news and developments from across the Unit. It is important that we recognise and keep each other informed about the many exciting developments that are [...]
December Newsletter The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration 2019 has been another amazing year for GlobalSurg- below is a look back at just some of the highlights GlobalSurg 3 data entry finalised The first few months of 2019 saw the final data entry stages of GlobalSurg 3. Primary data entry closed, data validation was completed and the [...]
As I write this we're sitting in the airport, waiting for a plane to take us home. What a week and what a beautiful place. We met so many clinicians and researchers in Ghana, all with great enthusiasm for doing surgical research! To put this into context, we had extra people turning up for every [...]
Training Day at the NIHR GSU Research Prioritisation Workshop During our final day in Accra, the NIHR GSU was running training courses available to all healthcare researchers in Accra. In conjunction with the Royal College of Surgeons, England, 28 junior surgical trainees and residents had the opportunity to attend a practical basic surgical [...]
The NIHR GSU Oscars Day 2 at the NIHR GSU meeting in Accra was rounded off with our very own Oscar's Ceremony! Aneel Bhangu and Katie Shaw presented the prestigious awards...... The Falcon Prize for top recruiting hub - Professor Adesoji Ademuyiwa from the Nigeria Hub for recruiting 454 patients recruited across 7 hospitals [...]
Researchers at NIHR GSU prioritise emergency surgery guidelines There was a packed schedule for day 2 at the NIHR Global Surgery Unit Research Prioritisation meeting in Accra, Ghana. The day opened with a site initiation visit for the Cheetah trial led by Senior Trial Manager, Donna Smith, and NIHR Clinician Scientist, Aneel Bhangu. [...]
Day 1 of the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery Follow #AccraGSU2019 to keep up with live meeting updates Today saw the official start of a week-long programme of activities at the NIHR Global Surgery Unit's (GSU) Annual Research Prioritisation workshop in Accra, Ghana - and what a day it has [...]
