World Health Organization
World Health Organization (WHO)
The goal of the WHO is to “ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.”
- In 2014, MEDICI was commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead guideline development for providing safe surgical and anesthesia care in the context of Ebola Virus Disease.
- Martin J, Methodology Lead. Guideline Development Committee on Providing Surgery and Anesthesia Services in the Context of the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa, Emergency and Essential Surgery Care (EESC) Program, 2015-2020.
- In 2016, MEDICI Received official designation as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Surgery, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, with the mandate to lead evidence synthesis and knowledge translation to support decision-making and policy development.
- Martin J, Contributor. WHO Guidelines on Surgical Site Infection, 2018.
- Cheng D, Invited Consultant & Member. Guideline Development Committee on Surgery and Anesthesia Care in Ebola Susceptible Patients, Emergency and Essential Surgery care (EESC) Program, 2015-2020.
- Martin J, Chair. WHO Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (WHO GIEESC) Working Group on Measurement & Evaluation of Global Surgical Indicators, 2015.
- Cheng D, Member. WHO GIEESC (Global Initiatives Essential Emergency Surgery Care) Anaesthesia Committee for Health Systems Strengthening and WHO GIEESC Research & Publications Committee.
- Martin J, Member. World Health Organization Emergency & Essential Surgical Care (WHO EESC), 2012-present.
- Martin J, Contributor. Health Information for All 2015, 2012-2018.
