Another milestone for Malawi as the Ministry of Health announces the country’s first Breast Health Guidelines, launching early 2026. Through #Akazi we’re proud to support this important step forward during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, strengthening the fight against breast cancer @researchireland.ie

Congratulations to Professor Cathal Kelly, Vice Chancellor, CEO and Registrar of RCSI, who has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), one of the highest distinctions in international surgery. 🔗 www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-... #ACSCongress2025

In September alone the 25,000+ enrolled learners on #SURGhub spent the equivalent of 5 years on the platform. This is perioperative education collaboration on a global scale. Explore 100+ courses www.surghub.org #globalsurgery @rcsi.bsky.social @surgfoundation.bsky.social @unitar.bsky.social J&J

The IGS travelled to University of Medicine, Tirana, in September where they discussed future educational collaborations between our universities! Thank you Prof Agron Dogjani, Prof Alban Dibra, Anila Prendi and everyone in Tirana. A huge thank you to @euerasmusplus.bsky.social for their support!

The @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social is a core partner in a new international collaboration awarded $1.1 million by the US NIH. The partnership will work closely with firefighter first responders in Guatemala to bridge the gap between injury & definitive hospital care. www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...

A research project led by Dr Jakub Gajewski, @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social, aimed at strengthening breast cancer care in Malawi has been awarded a €350,000 grant from @researchireland.ie. www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...

Dr Pieternella Pieterse is a Research Fellow in @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social, where she is examining impact of unsalaried health workers in the Sierra Leone public health sector. As part of Postdoc Appreciation Week, Ellen told us about her research. #NPAW2025 #LovePostdocs @researchireland.ie

We are delighted to welcome Dáire Goodman, RCSI StAR MD scholar, to the IGS! 😀 Dáire's research interests include skin cancer management, innovations in surgical practice and the experiences of surgical trainees. Dáire is also an Atlantic Surgical Leadership Exchange Programme 2025/26 candidate. 👍

Congratulations on the RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme (CP) receiving the 2025 ASPIRE-to-Excellence Award for International Collaboration in Health Professions Education. 👏👏 Read the RCSI story here ➡️ tinyurl.com/267pjuc4 #globalsurgery @rcsi.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social

2 days to go!😊 Submit your Abstract by Aug 24th ➡️tinyurl.com/2bcczzdr 5.5 CPD credits by RCSI Sub-Themes: 👉 Supporting education and training of healthcare workers globally 👉 Supporting delivery of quality healthcare globally 👉 Global health education and global action in Ireland #GHEIS2025

Millions of women give birth in clinics without access to clean water, which can lead to deadly infections. #SURG_Water focuses on maternal wards because life begins there, and what better way to start life than to be washed with clean water after entering this world? @researchireland.ie

We're #localising, which means we're aiming to develop our water system right here in Malawi, using local skills and materials. We are looking at ways to adapt the technology so that it can be manufactured and repaired in Malawi or neighbouring African countries as required. @researchireland.ie

Thanks to the money donated by the family and friends of Dr Dirk Grabosch (Castro-Rauxel, 🇩🇪) on his birthday, 2 new tanks have been installed at the health centres in Thekerani and Chimaliro. A generous gesture that will boost these communities' water storage capacity. @researchireland.ie

Just installed in Beaumont Hospital - the 'Atlantic Surgical Leadership Exchange Programme' plaque celebrates RCSI & HMU candidates since 2015 👏 The programme continues to go from strength to strength with our 2025/26 cohort! tinyurl.com/22qe5ftd @rcsi.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social

Delighted to share that @federics.bsky.social and I just published a new paper, Employed but unpaid… which is an investigation into the challenges faced by Sierra Leone’s many (possibly as many as half of the clinical health workforce) so-called volunteer health workers. One of the first in-depth …

Submit your Abstract now for #GHEIS2025! Deadline Aug 24th 🕰️ 5.5 CPD credits by RCSI Sub-Themes: 👉 Supporting education and training of healthcare workers globally 👉 Supporting delivery of quality healthcare globally 👉 Global health education and global action in Ireland ➡️tinyurl.com/2bcczzdr

Design thinking is a creative, practical way to solve problems by focusing on what real people need. At #SURG_Water, we apply #designthinking to deeply engage with communities, listening to their needs, testing ideas collaboratively and refining solutions together. @researchireland.ie

We are #localising our technology so that it can be produced and operated locally. Why is this important? This will reduce construction and maintenance costs, increase the potential for wider use in #Malawi and ensure the #sustainability of the technology beyond the project. @researchireland.ie

📣 Submit your Abstract now for #GHEIS2025! Sub-Themes are: 👉 Supporting education and training of healthcare workers globally 👉 Supporting delivery of quality healthcare globally 👉 Global health education and global action in Ireland Deadline Aug 24th All details tinyurl.com/2bcczzdr

A collab btwn @miseancara.bsky.social & @rcsi.bsky.social has provided evidence for pandemic preparedness. Dr Jakub Gajewski & Dr Chiara Pittalis @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social assessed impact of Covid-19 on delivery of healthcare & essential services in Tanzania & Kenya. youtu.be/-xmbPdvTNJA?...

Keep up to date with everything IGS, on our news, events, projects, publications and more...from anywhere in the 🌏 Join our mailing list today! tinyurl.com/ya3tmx3j #GlobalSurgery @rcsi.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social

The @surg-water.bsky.social project is all about innovation for sustainability. The team were in Almería working on their new prototype, the Fish-Tank reactor, which will be simpler, easier to clean & more cost-effective. surgwater.ie @rcsi.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @rcsipophealth.bsky.social

RCSI will host the Global Health Education Ireland Symposium 2025, “Ask not what global health education can do for you, but what you can do for it," on Wednesday, 22nd Oct 2025 in RCSI 123 Stephen’s Green. This event is in-person & registration is free. 👉 tinyurl.com/2bcczzdr @rcsi.bsky.social

WCTEL 2025 is ongoing in Brazil (July 3rd-5th). Three international speakers & surgeons, Prof Juan Carlos Puyana, Prof Marcelo Ribeiro Junior & Prof Pablo Ottolino had the opportunity to take a quick picture before getting back to the conference! Learn more tinyurl.com/2b66m47n @rcsi.bsky.social

SURGhub is addressing the needs of underserved surgical learners through innovative, participatory technological solutions. RCSI news story: tinyurl.com/265eeu28 WJOS Article: tinyurl.com/2yqbzdse #globalsurgery @rcsi.bsky.social @surgfoundation.bsky.social @unitar.bsky.social J&J Foundation

Prof Juan Carlos Puyana, Chair of Global Surgery, was teaching at the Definitive Surgical & Anaesthetic Trauma Care Course (June 27th - 29th) in Brazil during WCTEL 2025. Thank you to all the participants and we're looking forward to the conference over the next few days! 👉 tinyurl.com/2b66m47n

Well done to Collette Murtagh, Maria Rybacka, Matthew Linvill, Sophie Danielsen and all the team who have been awarded RCSI StEP 2 funding for ‘Project StEP-Together (RCSI Global Medical Initiative - Malawi).' 👏👏 Academic partners include Dr Jakub Gajewski & Dr Chiara Pittalis. @rcsi.bsky.social

📣 Abstract submissions are now OPEN for #GHEIS2025! Sub-Themes are: 👉 Supporting education and training of healthcare workers globally 👉 Supporting delivery of quality healthcare globally 👉 Global health education and global action in Ireland Deadline Aug 24th All details tinyurl.com/2bcczzdr

There's still time to register for the #GEIGSGA2025 5th General Assembly where Dr Ines Peric, IGS Education Project Manager, will be a panelist on the, 'SDG 4: Education Without Borders: Collaborative Efforts for Inclusive and Quality Learning,' session, June 28th 3pm (Irish time) 👉 t.co/3eoIe0GzVp

Prof Juan Carlos Puyana, Chair of Global Surgery, is in Brazil for WCTEL 2025, where five major events will be held jointly. Prof Puyana will participate in the Definitive Surgical and Anaesthetic Trauma Care Course (June 27th - 29th). Learn more: tinyurl.com/2b66m47n @rcsi.bsky.social

Dr Ines Peric, IGS Education Project Manager, will be a panelist at the Gender Equity Initiative in Global Surgery 5th General Assembly, June 28th 3pm (Irish time) on 'SDG 4: Education Without Borders: Collaborative Efforts for Inclusive and Quality Learning' Register: t.co/3eoIe0GzVp #GEIGSGA2025

The first academic report on the development and implementation of the United Nations Global Surgery Learning Hub (SURGhub) has just been published in the World Journal of Surgery!👏👏 The article outlines the origin and evolution of #SURGhub 👉 tinyurl.com/2yqbzdse #globalsurgery

By treating harvested rainwater with #SODIS, maternal wards can maintain safe, hygienic conditions, ensuring better outcomes for mothers and their babies. It is a simple, scalable solution for rural healthcare. @researchireland.ie @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social

Congratulations to Méabh Hennelly, IGS Education Programme Officer, and lead applicant, on receiving the Student Engagement and Partnership (StEP) programme funding for the Global Paediatric Surgery E-Learning Translation Project. Well done Méabh!! 👏 #globalsurgery @rcsi.bsky.social

RCSI will host the Global Health Education Ireland Symposium 2025, “Ask not what global health education can do for you, but what you can do for it," on Wednesday, 22nd Oct 2025 in RCSI, 123 Stephen’s Green. This event is in-person & registration is free. 👉 tinyurl.com/2bcczzdr @rcsi.bsky.social

Dr Ines Peric, IGS Education Project Manager, will be a panelist at the Gender Equity Initiative in Global Surgery 5th General Assembly on June 28th (3pm Irish time), focusing on how SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 5 (Gender Equality) come together. Register t.co/3eoIe0GzVp #GEIGSGA2025

This morning in Helsinki, at #ICN2025, Dr Pieternella Pieterse presented her abstract, "Nursing in a resource constrained country; highlighting the phenomena of ‘payroll inclusion deferral’ - A Sierra Leone case study." icncongress.org #ICNCongress @rcsi.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Dr Pieternella Pieterse will present her abstract, "Nursing in a resource constrained country; highlighting the phenomena of ‘payroll inclusion deferral’ - A Sierra Leone case study," at #ICN2025 tomorrow morning, June 13th. icncongress.org #ICNCongress @rcsi.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

"Health Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Concurrent Skilled Health Worker Shortages and Under-Employment," by Dr Pieternella Pieterse, Research Fellow, has been published in the International Journal of Health Planning and Management. Read the full paper tinyurl.com/2y8ldlmp @researchireland.ie

With a focus on surgery, the following article highlights that faith-based hospitals in East, Central, and Southern Africa were associated with significantly lower surgical mortality rates compared with public and private hospitals. Read the full article: tinyurl.com/25rq9l7g #globalsurgery

Read the RCSI story on the impact of the IGS since the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery: 👉 tinyurl.com/27voq3lv #GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10 #RCSI @rcsi.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social

A Happy #GlobalSurgeryDay to all of our partners & friends around the World!! The IGS continues to support the training, retention, upskilling and career development of surgery, anaesthesia, nursing & obstetric caregivers, from health workers to specialists. #GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgery10 #RCSI

Part 1 - Lucia Brocato, RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme Manager: "Marking a decade of global impact since the Lancet report, the RCSI/COSECSA partnership continues to transform surgery across Sub-Saharan Africa... #GlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgeryDay #GlobalSurgery10 #IrishAid #COSECSA

Dr Lawa Shaban, IGS Research Assistant: "In the past year, we have developed & launched a mobile app for the COSECSA logbook! This innovative tool aims to enhance usability & data accuracy while making it easier for trainees to document their operative experience on the go.. 👉 tinyurl.com/yqwar3qk

It’s always great to get the #SURGhub project team together – and wonderful to hear so much support for SURGhub at #WHA78! With over 100 courses & over 17,500 learners, it’s really taking off!! #globalsurgery @rcsi.bsky.social @surgfoundation.bsky.social @unitar.bsky.social J&J Foundation

Part 1: Words & Image by Antonio Jaén Osuna, IGS Communications Expert: "I always remind myself that the most important part of the work is the people. Grants, awards, articles... none of it means anything to me if the project I am working on has no impact on people's lives... #GlobalSurgeryDay

On 7 May stakeholders discussed @surg-water.bsky.social its different phases & next steps. Beneficiaries spoke on how SURG-Water has changed the reality of their health centres from having no water to having a safe water supply to use in maternity wards for deliveries. Photos by: Antonio Jaén Osuna

We're delighted to have our Kenyatta University colleagues, Prof Jana MacLeod, Dr Titus Kahiga, Dr Peris Waithiru & Dr Kizito Shisanya in @rcsi.bsky.social Dublin this week, discussing future collaborations between our universities! 🤝 Thank you to @euerasmusplus.bsky.social for their support!

Dr Chiara Pittalis, IGS Research Fellow: "10 years on from the Lancet Commission, we know real progress in global surgery doesn’t come from the top down—it’s built through listening, partnership, and locally led action... #globalsurgeryday #globalsurgery10 @rcsi.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

2 years later clinicians who completed the first breast-health course ever done in #Malawi are now the cornerstone of breast services for rural dwellers. #Akazi has helped isolated communities such as Chikowa improve access to care & are more informed about their condition Image: Antonio Jaén Osuna