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Global Alliance for Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anaesthesia Care
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Sustainable Development
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| Involvement in UN Partnerships: | Yes |
| If yes, explain in detail: | The G4 Alliance previously engaged with the UN Women's Major Group and the Major Group for Children and Youth through the Open Working Group process on SDGs and during the Intergovernmental Negotiations. We are a partner of the Civil Society Engagement Mechanism UHC2030. We have also engaged at the UN and WHO through collaboration with our member organizations with ECOSOC Status. |
| Affiliation with other organizations: | The G4 Alliance is a network of 62 member organizations (please see member organization list under the section on Social Development). Through our network we engage with a number of networks and organizations including WHO GIEESC, the NCD Roundtable, and the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. |
| Publications: | 1) The Human Right to Heal April 6, 2016 U.S. News and World Report; 2) Academic Global Surgery, 2016; Mamta Swaroop, Sanjay Krishnaswami; 3) ABS AROUND THE WORLD: G4 ALLIANCE, MAKING ACCESS TO SURGICAL CARE A GLOBAL PRIORITY December 23, 2015 Newsletter of the American Board of Surgery (p.4) http://www.absurgery.org/xfer/newsletter2015.pdf ; 4) Role of Essential Surgical Care and Anaesthesia in the Post-2015 Era October, 2015 APHA 2015 Conference Abstract https://apha.confex.com/apha/143am/webprogram/Paper335172.html; 5) THE G4 ALLIANCE AND ESSENTIAL SURGERY FOR EVERYONE September 28, 2015 Mercy Ships blog; 6) MERCY SHIPS JOINS G4 ALLIANCE ADVOCACY FOR SAFE SURGERY September 15, 2015 Press Release – Mercy Ships; 7) The Amsterdam Declaration on Essential Surgical Care World J Surg (2015) 39:1335–1340 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5435b2b9e4b0e1fd29fa9d26/t/55aec16ae4b0d98862c4fd0a/1437516138102/Amsterdam+Declaration+on+Surgical+Care.pdf; 8) AAS AND GLOBAL SURGERY: UPDATE ON THE G4 ALLIANCE June 9, 2015 The Academic Surgeon; 9) SURGERY CAN HELP STEM TIDE OF PAIN, POVERTY May 27, 2015 The Japan Times op-ed; 10) G4 ALLIANCE FOR SAFE SURGICAL AND TRAUMA CARE LAUNCHED May 22, 2015 FIA Foundation blog; 11) SURGERY SO SIMPLE A GARDENER CAN DO IT - BUT HE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T May 21, 2015 Reuters op-ed; 12) ACCESS TO SURGICAL CARE = LIVES SAVED. PERIOD. January 30, 2015 Global Citizen |
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Statements or documents submitted Commission on Sustainable Development: |
Statement submitted to the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxEnmhAZI2RSRTA3MkJPYjV6ZzA/view?usp=sharing Statement submitted to the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9LJLfmV4SaPMVRjZkFWeV9nQlVpbGcwbFNqYkVvcTN4dkZ3/view?usp=sharing |
Social Development
| Affiliation with other organizations: | G4 has a collaborative partnership with the nonprofit, online platform InterSurgeon (website: https://intersurgeon.org/); member organizations are listed below. |
| Purpose of the organization: | The Global Alliance for Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma and Anaesthesia Care (The G4 Alliance) is committed to advocating for the neglected surgical patient and is driven by a mission to provide a collective voice for increased access to safe, essential, and timely surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anaesthesia care as part of universal health coverage. |
| Activities relevant to the conference of States Parties to the convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: | As an organization advocating for safe, essential, timely, and affordable surgical, obstetric, trauma and anaesthesia care, The G4 Alliance seeks to eliminate preventable disability globally. |
| A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: | AIC Kijabe Hospital, Kenya Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence, Switzerland American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, USA American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, USA AmeriCares, USA AMREF Health International, Kenya AO Alliance Foundation, Switzerland Arbutus Medical, Canada Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, USA Assist International, USA Association for Academic Surgery, USA Association of Rural Surgeons of India, India Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society, Canada Center for Surgery and Public Health (Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School), USA ChildKind International, USA College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa, Kenya CURE International, USA FIA Foundation, UK Fistula Foundation, USA Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery, International Frontline Health Workers Coalition, USA Global Anaesthesia, Surgery and Obstetric Collaboration, UK Global Health Council, USA Global Pediatric Surgical Technology and Education Project, USA Global Surgical Expedition, USA Heal Africa, Congo Healing the Children, USA Humanity Direct, UK InciSioN, International International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Foundation, USA Indus Health Network, Pakistan International College of Surgeons, USA International Federation of Nurse Anesthestists, USA International Federation of Surgical Colleges, UK International Society of Surgery, Switzerland Jhpiego, USA Kenya Society of Anesthesiologists, Kenya Korle-bu Neuroscience Foundation, Canada Mercy Ships, USA Mobile Surgery International, USA Netherlands Society for International Surgery, Netherlands Nigerian Society of Anaesthetists, Nigeria Northwest Pakistan School of Medicine, Pakistan Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA Novick Cardiac Alliance, USA Operation Smile, USA Orbis International, USA Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons, USA Physicians for Peace, USA Primary Trauma Care Foundation, UK Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Australia Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland Safe Surgery Initiative, USA Smile Train, USA Solidarity Bridge, USA ThinkFirst, USA University of Utah Center for Global Surgery, USA West African College of Surgeons, Nigeria Willing & Abel, UK World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Foundation, Switzerland World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, UK World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons, Switzerland World Surgical Foundation Philippines, Philippines |
| Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: | The G4 Alliance is made up of 62 members, including international federations, professional societies, universities, and nonprofit organizations. |
| Involvement in Public Administration: | G4 Alliance leadership and member organizations have provided guidance in national planning for surgical and anaesthesia capacity development in several countries, including most recently Vietnam, Nigeria, and Fiji. |
| Publications: | Development of a Unifying Target and Consensus Indicators for Global Surgical Systems Strengthening: Proposed by the Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anaesthesia Care (The G4 Alliance), 2017, one-time publication; Global Surgery & Anaesthesia Statistics: The Importance of Data Collection, 2018, one-time publication; Catalyzing Global Access to Safe Surgery: Resource Mobilization & Innovative Finance for Essential & Emergency Surgical Care, 2017, one-time publication |
| UN-NGO-IRENE Newsletter: | Yes |
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