Access to safe, affordable surgical and anesthetic care is a pressing issue in global health. Safe Surgery 2020 model aims to transform surgical care, reducing maternal and trauma-related mortality and strengthening health systems. Our goal is to drive major improvements in volume and quality of emergency and essential surgical procedures conducted in district-level hospitals. The initiative is setup as a partnership of funders, implementers and MoHs. The first country of implementation is Ethiopia. In partnership with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), the initiative has been helping to design and implement several innovative programs in Ethiopia. The program will expand into Tanzania in 2017. Lead partners of SS2020 include, Dalberg Consulting, Jhpiego, Assist International, Harvard School of Medicine – PGSSC and the G4 Alliance.
Under the Safe Surgery 2020 initiative, GE Foundation commits to two Oxygen solution programs in Ethiopia in addition to scaling the leadership training in partnership with FMoH.
