Foundation for Surgery

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  International

• Focus area:

  General

• Category:

  Non-government

Description

The Foundation for Surgery is the charity group of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). It actively supports innovative surgical research, aid projects in underprivileged communities, skills transfer and education programs in the region.

The foundation has committed to addressing the health challenges faced in Indigenous communities in Australia and New Zealand and has recognised that significant and urgent improvements need to, and can, be made to Indigenous Health and Health Care.

In support of this commitment, the foundation funded development of Indigenous health evidence based action plans (EBAPs) in the areas of:

• renal transplantation kidney disease and transplantation
• eye diseases and cataracts
• ear, nose and throat (ENT) health and otitis media
• trauma road injuries.

Contacts

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne Vic 3002
Ph: (03) 9249 1110
Fax: (03) 9249 1217
Email: foundation@surgeons.org

Related publications

Foundation for Surgery (2011)

Indigenous health evidence-based action plan : kidney disease and transplantation among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples : policy brief.

Melbourne: Foundation for Surgery

• Links
• View publication: Indigenous health evidence-based action plan : kidney disease and transplantation among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples : policy brief (PDF - 865.3 KB)
• View information: Foundation for Surgery
• View website: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Indigenous health evidence-based action plan: cataracts among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples policy brief (nd)

Foundation for Surgery

• Links
• View publication: Indigenous health evidence-based action plan: cataracts among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples policy brief (PDF - 1004.0 KB)
• View information: Foundation for Surgery
• View website: Royal Australian College of Surgeons

Indigenous health evidence-based action plan - prevention of road traffic injuries among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: policy brief (2011)

Foundation for Surgery

• Links
• View publication: Indigenous health evidence-based action plan - prevention of road traffic injuries among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: policy brief [brochure] (PDF - 952.0 KB)
• View information: Indigenous health evidence based action plans
• View website: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Tavender EJ, Ivers RQ, Gruen R (2010)

Prevention of road traffic injuries among Aboriginal Australians: an evidence-based action plan for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Paper presented at the National Indigenous Road Safety Forum. November 2010, Coffs Harbour, NSW

• Links
• View conference presentation: Prevention of road traffic injuries among Aboriginal Australians: an evidence-based action plan for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons [power point presentation]
• View information: Indigenous road safety: 5th Indigenous road safety forum
• View website: Department of Infrastructure and Transport

Indigenous health evidence-based action plan: otitis media among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples policy brief (2011)

Foundation for Surgery

• Links
• View resource: Indigenous health evidence-based action plan: otitis media among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples policy brief (PDF - 1.5 MB)
• View information: Indigenous health evidence based action plans
• View website: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Links

• View information: Foundation for Surgery
• View website: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons