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Global Initiative for Essential and Emergency Surgical Care
The Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (GIEESC)was established by the World Health Organization in December 2005. Its general purpose is to reduce “death and disability from road traffic accidents, trauma, burns, falls, pregnancy related complications, domestic violence, disasters and other emergency surgical conditions” by improving collaborations between relevant organizations, institutions, and agencies. Specific objectives include improving basic medical supplies at district hospitals, as well as better training for staff to bolster medical standards and care.

Establishment of GIEESC
The GIEESC is a partnership of organizations, NGO’s, institutions, and associations from third and first world countries. This partnership will work together in creating solutions and meeting the Millennium Development Goals developed by the WHO—which include reducing maternal and child mortality rates, as well as reducing HIV rates—“through improvement in the quality and safety of clinical procedures (essential surgical and anaesthesia care).”

Mission statement
The GIEESC's goals are: to improve the already existing training and education programs necessary to execute emergency and essential surgical care; to develop district hospitals’ surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia service; to train personnel with the appropriate strategies to treat patients; to continue education to maintain skills; and to develop a dependable system that facilitates access to medication and medicinal drugs.

Challenges
Challenges include: poor equipment to “perform simple but vital interventions such as resuscitation, the provision of oxygen, assessment of anemia, suctions, intercostal drainage and airway support,” inadequate basic supplies, absence of specialized surgical teams and lack of anesthesia.