Join us for a webinar on “Centricity of Operative Care to Health Systems,” hosted jointly by the Mittal Institute, Lancet Commission on a Citizen-Centered Health System for India, Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), and Global Emergency Medicine Innovation & Implementation Research Center at Duke University.
In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery noted that 5 billion people around the world lack timely access to safe and affordable operative care. Since then, research from the Disease Control Priorities Network and a landmark World Health Organization resolution have underscored that expanding essential and emergency operative care is not only cost-effective but also crucial for reducing poverty and achieving universal health coverage. A decade on, Global Surgery continues to gain recognition. Yet, conversations on operative care—encompassing surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and anesthesia—remain limited within broader health systems discourse.
This webinar brings together leading experts to explore how strengthening operative care can advance resilient, equitable, and sustainable health systems worldwide.
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm IST / 7:30-9:00 am EST
Venue: Online on Zoom
Moderator:
Nachiket Mor, Visiting Scientist, The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health; Commissioner, Lancet Commission on a Citizen-Centered Health System for India
Speakers:
• Justine Davies, Professor of Global Health, University of Birmingham; Extraordinary Professor of Global Health, Centre for Global Surgery, Stellenbosch University; Co-Director Global Health Impact Hub, University of Birmingham; Director WHO Collaborating Centre in Emergency, Critical, and Operative Care
• Rahul M. Jindal, Professor, Surgery & Global Health at Uniformed Services University; Adjunct, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center; Adjunct, Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar
• Janet Martin, Professor, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Western University; Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University; Director, Centre for Medical Evidence, Decision Integrity, Clinical Impact (MEDICI), Western University
