The Global Neurosurgery and the WFNS

Abstract

In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery highlighted surgical care disparities worldwide [1]. No one could ever imagi ne thatGlobal Neurosurgery would become a real movement, a source of inspiration for others surgical specialties [2]. Over the years, GlobalNeurosurgery allowed the realization of a collective awareness of surgery as a global health priority.The Neurosurgical community accepted the challenge of delivering timely, safe, and affordable neurosurgical care to all who need it.Multiple efforts have been made to address this need to promote national surgical policies, improve surgical education and tr aining,build quality research, and advocate for the surgical workforce. The critical factor has been the relationship between the World HealthOrganization (WHO) and the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS). Since 1955, the WFNS has promoted globalimprovement in neurosurgical care, building neurosurgical capacity through education, training, technology, and research.The goals are ambitious. By creating international partnerships, the WFNS has established multiple training programs in neurosurgical