INCISION SOMALIA

Global Surgery – Ensuring Equitable Access to safe Surgical Care for All At least 5 billion people worldwide lack access to surgical care, and surgically correctable pathology is a major contributor to global burden of disease. It has been estimated that 11-15% of the global burden of disease can be treated with surgery. The poorest third of the world’s population receives only 3.5% of the 234 million major surgical operations undertaken worldwide. Surgical care has previously largely been neglected in global health discourse, largely due to the misconception that surgery is too expensive. It has now been shown that surgical care is a highly cost-effective intervention, in the same range as vaccinations and malaria prevention and treatment. Interest in providing equitable access to safe surgery and anesthesia is growing rapidly, and it is increasingly recognized that sustainable provision of surgical care and anesthesia is a critical part of health systems strengthening.

Globally, momentum is gaining for addressing the increasing need for equitable access to safe surgery and anesthesia, harnessed by such organizations as the WHO through the

Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care, the World Alliance for Patient Safety and the Safe Surgery Saves Lives program, as well as a number of national and international programs.

Incision Somalia is a non-profit Organization aiming to promote access to safe surgery for
all through research, education and advocacy in a country recovering from protracted civil
war and instability

Sustainable surgical care that is affordable to everyone in Somalia.

To connect, train, support, and guide future Somalian Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, andObstetricians.

 Collaboration

 Diversity

 Education

 Equity

 Integrity

1. To advocate for timely & affordable access to safe surgery and anesthesia foreveryone, everywhere, when needed

2. To connect students, residents and young doctors interested in surgery, anesthesia and obstetrics in Somalia.

3. To bridge the gap between students and residents, young doctors and other healthcare professionals.

4. To raise students and residents voice and influence in improving access to surgical and anesthesia care.

5. To inform the wider public around the world about global surgery, its barriers and possible interventions.

6. To connect, train, support, and guide future Somalian Surgeons, Anaesthesiologists, and Obstetricians

7. To contribute and advance research in Somali Surgery.

1. To Raise awareness amongst peers about global surgery

2. To Advocate for inclusion of global surgery with governments / Ministry ofhealth

 Improving visibility of Global surgery in our country of Somalia.

 Creating better access of surgical services to Somalia people.

 Widening surgical services throughout the country.

 Empowering the community to at least be equipped with emergency care

skillset which could be life or limb saving.

All Somali Federal Member States and Benadir Region.

The collaborators of the Incision Somalia will be the Ministry of Health, UN agencies, Somali Universities College of Health Sciences, the Somali Surgical and Aneasthesia Societies, the Non-governmental organizations, (Local, international).

The Somalia InciSioN will establish co-operation with the hospital managers within the

prioritized areas stated above and will held training of the hospital staff such as’ doctors

and nurses, if there is material shortage Somalia Incision will call for help to address

requests to the Local and International Partners Such as Ministry of health, And all other

organization worked health development in Somalia The listed organization will be

contacted by mean of written letters through emails or by telephones etc.

Our future direction/Goal is Clear that’s,

1. To extend InciSioN network group through- out Somalia to enable the advocate of access to surgical facilities in Somalia as whole.

2. To train students to contribute the groups effort to reach.

3. To connect surgical facilities throughout Somalia to facilitate surgical access points.