GICS III Meeting 12-13 January 2018 Vellore, India [INSERT PRESENTER NAME, DATE, INSTITUTION]

Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery Mission Define and promote optimal resources for children's surgery in resource-poor regions of the world Accomplish this by engaging leaders in multiple disciplines of care and organizations whose missions affect children's surgical care

Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery History First meeting in London May 2016 Gathered LMIC providers to define needs and identify solutions to improve surgical care Second meeting in Washington DC in October 2016 Determined priorities and plans for meeting needs Refined Optimal Resources for Children’s Surgery (OReCS) document with input from various subspecialty providers

Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery GICS III 109 participants (two-thirds from LMICs) 31 countries represented

Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery GICS III Meeting Themes Current partnerships involving GICS members Optimal Resources for Children’s Surgery (OReCS) document Bellwether procedures for children Incorporating children into National Surgical, Obstetrics, and Anaesthesia Plans (NSOAPs) REDCap database and manuscript writing workshops

Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery Partnership Presentations United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) World Health Organization (WHO) Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Collaborative Wilms Tumour Africa Project World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA) Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence (ASAP) And several other organizations

Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery Next Steps Further develop relationship and seek recognition by the WHO Apply for the OReCS document to be accepted as Guidelines by the WHO Compile training materials for use by providers in LMICs Develop advocacy messaging for children’s surgery in LMICs Define pediatric bellwether procedures Submit an application for the Nesta Foundation’s £10 Grand Prize Further develop collaborations between GICS and strategic partners

Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery Website: http://www.globalchildrenssurgery.org Email: GICSurgery@gmail.com Facebook: GICSurgery Twitter: @GICSurgery

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