GSPU Publications and Events
Publications
Sarabu S, Bognini M, Kebede M, Ifeanychi, Hargest R & Friebel R (2025) Strengthening Health Systems for Displaced Populations: A Systematic Review of Access to Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Social Science & Medicine 388: 118705 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118705
Ifeanyichi M, Reissis Y, Hakim R, Bognini M, Kebede MA, Hargest R & Friebel R (2025) Economic value of international missions and domestic initiatives to strengthen surgical care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review. British Journal of Surgery 112(Supplement_15):xv18-xv29 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf207
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf207
Hargest R & Friebel R (2025) Controversies and Conundrums in Global Surgery. British Journal of Surgery 112(Supplement_15):xv1-xv2 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf206
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf206
Qin R, Jumbam DT & Roy N (2025) Neocolonialism: should it concern surgeons? British Journal of Surgery 112(Supplement_15):xv30-xv34 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf203
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf203
Edge J & Buccimazza I (2025) Global surgery research - defend or denounce? Focus on the ethics of research in low- and middle-Income countries. British Journal of Surgery 112(Supplement_15): xv10-xv14 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf204
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf204
Alayande BT & Bekele A (2025) Five years to the finish line: progress and unintended consequences since the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. British Journal of Surgery 112(Supplement_15):xv3-xv9 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf205
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf205
McKnight G, Daoud HA, Friebel R & Hargest R (2025) Training needs analysis of surgical teams in Somaliland. British Journal of Surgery 112(Supplement_15):xv43-xv49 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf216
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf216
Kebede MA, Beyene A, Ifeanyichi M, Bognini MS, Takele M, Hargest R & Friebel R (2025) Political economy analysis of Ethiopia's Integrated Emergency Surgical Officers programme. British Journal of Surgery 112(Supplement_15):xv41-xv42 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf220
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf220
Marks I, Kanya L, Singh D, Saleh R, Friebel R & Hargest R (2025) Qualitative perspectives (on incoming medical teams during conflict) from surgeons in the Middle East and North Africa. British Journal of Surgery 112(Supplement_15):xv35-xv40 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf209
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf209
Wimmer S, Sarabu S, Calvello Hynes E, Plummer ML, Bognini MS, Kebede MA, Ifeanyichi M, Daoud H, Dahir M, Hargest R & Friebel R (2025) Global burden of emergency and operative conditions: an analysis of Global Burden of Disease data, 2011–2019. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 109:194-203 DOI: 10.2471/BLT.24.292412
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Ifesnyichi , Lara JLM, Tenkorang P, Kebede MA, Bognini M, Abdelhabeeb AN, Amaechina U, Ambreen F, Sarabu S, Oladimeji T, Toguchi AC, Hargest R & Friebel R (2024) Cost-effectiveness of surgical interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and critical analysis of recent evidence. BMJ Global Health Oct 3;9(10):e016439. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016439.PMID: 39362787
Ifeanychi M, Dim C, Bognini M, Kebede M, Singh D, Onwujekwe O, Hargest R & Friebel R (2024) Can sugar taxes be used for financing surgical systems in Nigeria? A mixed-methods political economy analysis. Health Policy and Planning 39(5): 509–518. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae021
McKnight G, Friebel R, Marks I, Almaqadma A, Seleem MY, Tientcheu TF, Saleh R, Ryan-Coker M, Emodi R, Seida M, Barden J, Redmond A, Amirtharajah M, Wren SM, Leather A, Hargest R (2024) Defining Humanitarian Surgery; international consensus in global surgery. British Journal of Surgery 111(2) znae024 PMID: 38372664 PMCID: PMC10875721 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znae024
https://academic.oup.com/bjs/article/111/2/znae024/7610211?login=false
African Health Observatory. Designing effective task shifting programmes to address critical surgical healthcare workforce shortages. AHOP Policy Dialogue – 1 December 2023 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia CCPD1-2-pager-report_FINAL.pdf
Kebede MA, Petros A, Tor DSG, Aklilu T, Aderaw E, Ifeanyich M, Bognini MS, Singh D, Emodi R, Hargest R, Friebel R. (2023) Identifying critical gaps in research to advance global surgery by 2030: A systematic mapping review. BMC Health Services Research 23(1):946. PMID: 37667225 doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09973-9.
Bognini MS, Oko CI, Kebede MA, Ifeanyichi MI, Singh D, Hargest R, Friebel R (2023) Assessing the impact of anaesthetic and surgical task-shifting globally: A systematic literature review. Health Policy and Planning 38(8): 960-994. PMID: 37506040 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czad059
Events
Past events
Topic: Financing of Cancer Care in an Era of Dwindling International Aid
Lecturers:
- Prof Ajay Aggarwal, Professor of Cancer Services & Systems Research, King’s College
- Prof Rifat Atun, Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard
- Dr Ulana Suprun, formerly Acting Minister of Health, Ukraine
- Dr Robert Yates, visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Date: 25 November 2025
Link: Financing of Cancer Care in an Era of Dwindling International Aid | London Global Cancer Week
Challenges and Opportunities for Surgeons and Anaesthetists in Global Emergency, Critical and Operative Care
Dr Eoin Dore speaks to Miss Rachel Hargest following her presentation at the Winter Symposium 2025, where she delivered the Webb Johnson Oration Award lecture: Challenges and Opportunities for Surgeons and Anaesthetists in Global Emergency, Critical and Operative Care.
Miss Hargest shares what it really takes to deliver safe, effective surgery in low‑resource settings. From inventive problem‑solving and ethical challenges to strengthening anaesthetic and surgical training worldwide, this episode uncovers the realities, opportunities and big global health questions shaping care today. A fascinating conversation for anyone interested in global surgery, anaesthesia, and building sustainable healthcare systems.
Recorded Friday 21 November 2025
A series of public lectures was undertaken during 2022-2024. Attendance (in person and online) included surgeons and other doctors, students, other health professionals and those working in fields of public policy, health economics, international development and humanitarian assistance. Recordings are available to listen to online.
Public Engagement Lectures
Shaping Health Policies in Resource Limited Environments, April 2024 by Dr Hergeye, Director General of the Ministry of Health Development, Somaliland.
Enugu state, Nigeria: New Political Leadership: Bold Economic Vision – the Health and Education Strategies, March 2024 by Dr Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, Executive Governor of Enugu State, Nigeria
Gender Issues in Global Surgery, March 2023 by Dr Preethi John, Deputy Director, Global Business School of Health, University College London
Link: https://echo360.org.uk/media/c60afb7e-f1e8-41ac-a382-ad2354aa410b/public
Equity in Global Surgery, December 2022 by Professor Mala Rao, Senior Clinical Fellow, Department of Primary Care & Public Health, Imperial College London
Link: https://echo360.org.uk/media/c60afb7e-f1e8-41ac-a382-ad2354aa410b/public
Progress since the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, November 2022 by Professor Andrew Leather, Prossor of Global Health & Surgery, King’s College London
Link:https://lse.zoom.us/rec/share/4fSkOiGcqUeA6ljuHJoZiwRpLD6D9_xmKcgw6t0O1YhqGNpx9VfJeXW05Omna1VQ.6_04Uzl15m_7pIiS Passcode:1kDATac+
Link: Launch Of Global Surgery Policy Unit
Launch Event Booklet: GSPU-LaunchEventBooklet.pdf
The Future of Global Surgery by Professor Abebe Bekele, Dean - School of Medicine & Deputy Vice Chancellor University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda
Challenges in Global Surgery by Dr Tihitena Negussie, Global Clinical Director, Lifebox Foundation, Ethiopia
Challenges & Opportunities of Providing Medical / Surgical Education in a Conflict Zone by Dr Malik Zaben, Associated Professor of Neurosurgery & Chief Executive, IMET2000
Finding the Forgotten Women by Professor Sherry Wren, Vice Chair & Professor of Surgery, Stanford University, USA
How Do We Prioritise Funding? by Dr Lesong Conteh, Associate Professorial Research Fellow, LSE