Safe Surgery Saves Lives Initiative
Safe surgery initiative ssi is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization that provides on site surgical instrument refurbishment capacity building and education to medical facilities in low income and middle income countries lmics we strengthen local surgical care services.
Safe surgery saves lives initiative. To this end working groups of international experts were convened to review the literature and the experiences of clinicians around the world. Safe surgery saves lives set about to improve the safety of surgical care around the world by deļ¬ning a core set of safety standards that could be applied in all who member states. In line with the quality and equity transformation agenda and as part of recognizing the key roles essential and emergency surgical care plays in achieving universal health coverage the fmoh has prioritized surgical and anesthesia care by launching the national flagship initiative saving lives through safe surgery salts. The safe surgery saves lives initiative aims to change this by raising the standards that patients anywhere can expect dr atul gawande associate professor and surgeon harvard school of public health and programme leader of the second global patient safety challenge.
After conducting extensive research and consulting experts in healthcare policy and strategy we have designed an approach that holistically addresses root causes of inadequate access to surgical care. Safe surgery 2020 is a multi component program aimed at strengthening surgical services improving systems and changing the way care is delivered.