Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence
History
History
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The working group has collaborated with [global health](/wiki/Global_health "Global health") institutions such as the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, [World Health Organization](/wiki/World_Health_Organization "World Health Organization")'s [Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care](/wiki/Global_Initiative_for_Emergency_and_Essential_Surgical_Care "Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care"), [The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists](http://www.wfsahq.org/), [The President and Fellows of Harvard College](/wiki/The_President_and_Fellows_of_Harvard_College "The President and Fellows of Harvard College"), [The American College of Surgeons](/wiki/The_American_College_of_Surgeons "The American College of Surgeons"), [Operation Giving Back](https://www.facs.org/ogb) , the [Disease Control Priorities Network](http://dcp-3.org/), and the [International Surgical Society](http://iss-sic.com/). The [World Journal of Surgery](/wiki/World_Journal_of_Surgery "World Journal of Surgery") became the official journal of the working group early in the group's tenure, and has published an abundance of data and reports on rural and international surgery. The inaugural meeting of the Burden of Surgical Disease Working Group was hosted by the [University of Washington](/wiki/University_of_Washington "University of Washington") in 2008\. Subsequent meetings were hosted by [The American College of Surgeons](/wiki/The_American_College_of_Surgeons "The American College of Surgeons"), [Operation Giving Back](https://www.facs.org/ogb) in 2009 and [Vanderbilt University](/wiki/Vanderbilt_University "Vanderbilt University") in 2010\.


In what ways might the working group's partnerships be strengthened?