Welcome to the second NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery newsletter. We hope that you and your families are keeping well. During these unprecedented times, we will endeavour to send the newsletter on a more regular basis to share the latest news and developments from across the Unit. We are aware that many of us [...]
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 [...]
With COVID-19 rapidly expanding globally and placing a huge burden on healthcare systems worldwide, evidence is needed urgently to inform the management of surgical patients displaying symptoms. Capturing real-world data and sharing international experience will support the management of this complex group of patients with the aim to improve their clinical care. CovidSurg is [...]
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 [...]
Data Centre Opens at the NIHR Global Surgery Unit hub in Tamale, Ghana Whilst in Ghana as part of the annual NIHR Global Surgery Unit's Research Prioritisation workshop, we were delighted to open the Data Centre in Tamale. The Data Centre was opened with funding from the Wellcome Trust to run a 2 [...]
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 team arrive in Tamale, Ghana Members of the NIHR GSU team from the UK are delighted to have arrived in Tamale to visit the home of the NIHR GSU hub in Ghana. Hosted by hub lead, Professor Stephen Tabiri, we are looking forward to 3 days of training courses, community [...]
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. [...]
