Goals

Our projects are designed in collaboration with our overseas affiliates and partners.  Each project is specifically organized to ensure capacity building and sustainable initiates to further IGOT’s mission.

How will IGOT make a difference?

The focus of IGOT is to support efforts that go beyond simple volunteerism. The concept, advanced by the UCSF Global Health Sciences program, is to establish on-going links with educational entities in underserved areas that will assist them in attaining and sustaining improvements in orthopaedic care.

Where will IGOT focus its efforts?

Links with educational institutions in Uganda, South Africa, Afghanistan and Nicaragua have been established. Residents and faculty have visited and worked in these sites, and have laid the groundwork for data-gathering studies to assess the burden of disease, local infrastructure and resources, and educational needs. The next step will be to devise collaborative interventions with measurable outcomes.