What We Are Doing

GICS will hold our next in-person meeting in Manila, Philippines, 25-26 February 2024 at the Manila Hotel.

GICS is excited to launch our Organizational Membership program. We have received repeated requests to offer this membership level for organizations that share our values and support the work of …

We are pleased to share our latest GICS video, “Where we started, where we are going.” Please take a moment to watch this short video which highlights clips from advisory …

GICS is delighted to warmly welcome two esteemed new members who have joined our board. Their exceptional expertise and unwavering passion are highly regarded, and we eagerly anticipate the valuable …

We are thrilled to extend our warmest congratulations to Dr. Doruk Ozgediz for receiving the distinguished Donald E. Meier Humanitarian Award at the APSA (American Pediatric Surgical Association) Annual Meeting …

During the ASEAN Society of Pediatric Surgeons Congress held in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 22-23, Beda Espineda delivered an enlightening oral presentation entitled “GICS: Its Relevance to the LMICs.” Acknowledging …

This lecture given by Dr. Emmanuel A. Ameh, was recently published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. It emphasizes the longstanding neglect of children’s surgical care in low- and middle-income …

We are pleased to share that a team from GICS, under the leadership of Tahmina Banu, had their article published in The World Journal of Surgery. The article is titled …

  International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every year on May 12th, and this year, the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS) joins in celebrating nurses everywhere, especially …

Dear GICS community, We are writing to share our heartbreak and concern after the devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey and Syria last week. The scale of the disaster is unimaginable, …

Originally aired February 4, 2023 at 13:00GMT. Panelists: Professor Simone Abib, Professor Adesoji Ademuyiwa, A/Prof Wearwish Teague, A/Prof Abdelbasit E Ali, and Professor Kokila Lakhoo (Moderator)

Webinar that aired January 23, 2023 from GICS Congenital Anomalies Group, in collaboration with the March of Dimes and MiracleFeet, addressing the care of club foot in low- and middle-income countries.