Subject: Fw: Request for validation of WHO Global Surgical Workforce Database
From: "Ministry Of Labour, Health And Social Affairs" <[email-masked]>
To: Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]>
Cc: Sopo Belkania <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:33:20 +0000

From: SVENSSON, Emma Carina

Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2018 5:24 PM

To: Ministry Of Labour, Health And Social Affairs

Subject: Request for validation of WHO Global Surgical Workforce Database

Dear Esteemed Colleague of the Ministry of Health,

We kindly ask you to complete the validation of the WHO Global Surgical Workforce Database
by submitting the attached form to [email-masked]
no later than August 31st, 2018.

The data will be posted on the WHO Global Health Observatory and World Bank World Development Indicators. Specialized surgical workforce is also part of
SDG indicator 3.8.1 for Universal Health Coverage monitoring.

If you have any questions about the database, please contact the WHO Emergency and Essential Surgical Care Programme Lead Dr Walter Johnson at
[email-masked].
If you have any questions about specialized surgical workforce monitoring, please contact the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Surgery and Public Health Dr Lars Hagander at
[email-masked].

Your contribution is highly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Emma Svensson