RACS and its Fellows: a contribution to sustainable healthcare improvement in South East Asia

Hollands M 1 , Hisham AN 2 , Kong J 3 , Moss D 4 , Pusponegro A 5 , Wora-Urai N 6 Show all authors , Soe ZW 7

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2 Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Putrajaya Hospital, Putrajaya, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Surgery, Asia Medical Specialists, Hong Kong
  • 4 Bachelor of Arts, University of Singapore; Master of Business Administration, University of Queensland, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 5 Department of Surgery, College of Surgeons of Indonesia, Djakarta, Indonesia
  • 6 Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 7 Department of Surgery, The University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar
ANZ J Surg, 2021 03;91(3):245-248.
PMID: 33580574 DOI: 10.1111/ans.16534

Abstract

The question of whether small non-government organizations with comparatively small budgets can make a substantial contribution to sustainable improvement in health care in low- and middle-income countries is crucial to funding global surgical projects. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and its Fellows have partnered with local organizations and clinicians to deliver a wide range of projects in South East Asia. These projects have proved sustainable and have increased healthcare capacity in these nations. This provides strong evidence that small non-government organizations such as the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons can make a major contribution to global surgeryI.

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