Ayla Gerk
Biographic Data
| ID | 7507887 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ayla Gerk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ayla |
| FAMILY NAME | Gerk |
| SIGNATURE | GERK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard Medical School |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8833-2939 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Climate Change and Health Indicators’ and ‘Surgical System Strengthening’
Climate change is a public health emergency. Yet, incongruously, the healthcare sector is a significant source of global greenhouse gas emissions. Surgical systems are uniquely situated to address this public health crisis due to the high carbon footprint associated with surgical care delivery and the ability of strong surgical systems to foster broader climate resilience. There is an urgent need for climate change and health indicators (CCHIs) s…
Integrating comprehensive surgical, intensive, and emergency care systems into the Pan American Health Organization’s health agenda
In October 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) formally integrated surgical, intensive, and emergency care into its health agenda. This followed important events, including the June 2024 endorsement of the Strategy on Integrated Emergency, Critical and Operative Care 2025-2030 by the PAHO Executive Committee. This strategy builds on the 2015 World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 68.15, which recognized surgery as essential to unive…
Innovative transfusion strategies for blood deserts in disaster settings
BOX Conflicts and natural disasters create ‘blood deserts’ with unmet blood transfusion needs
Scalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the Americas
On September 29, 2023, the Republic of Ecuador convened a meeting to address surgical system strengthening and urge political leaders to invest in surgical infrastructure. The meeting included experts in health diplomacy, innovative financing, implementation strategy and national surgical plans. The event occurred in parallel with the Sixtieth Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization, Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Org…
Ecuador’s National Surgical Strengthening Plan
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Innovative transfusion strategies for blood deserts in disaster settings
BOX Conflicts and natural disasters create ‘blood deserts’ with unmet blood transfusion needs
Scalable policy adoption and sustainable implementation of surgical care in the Americas
On September 29, 2023, the Republic of Ecuador convened a meeting to address surgical system strengthening and urge political leaders to invest in surgical infrastructure. The meeting included experts in health diplomacy, innovative financing, implementation strategy and national surgical plans. The event occurred in parallel with the Sixtieth Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization, Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Org…
Ecuador’s National Surgical Strengthening Plan
‘Climate Change and Health Indicators’ and ‘Surgical System Strengthening’
Climate change is a public health emergency. Yet, incongruously, the healthcare sector is a significant source of global greenhouse gas emissions. Surgical systems are uniquely situated to address this public health crisis due to the high carbon footprint associated with surgical care delivery and the ability of strong surgical systems to foster broader climate resilience. There is an urgent need for climate change and health indicators (CCHIs) s…
Integrating comprehensive surgical, intensive, and emergency care systems into the Pan American Health Organization’s health agenda
In October 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) formally integrated surgical, intensive, and emergency care into its health agenda. This followed important events, including the June 2024 endorsement of the Strategy on Integrated Emergency, Critical and Operative Care 2025-2030 by the PAHO Executive Committee. This strategy builds on the 2015 World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 68.15, which recognized surgery as essential to unive…
Global Health and Surgery (4 works) · Global Health Workforce Issues (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Medical emergency (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Abdominal Surgery and Complications (1 work)