1:25 people in the world undergo surgery

234 million surgeries worldwide

30% population received 75% of operations; low income disparity

Numbers of operations 7x greater than number HIV infections

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This TED talk is worth 13 minutes of your life:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7KCdUoSSJ0