P-020 REACTIVATION OF SURGICAL CAMPAIGNS AFTER THE COVID PANDEMIC: SURGEONS IN ACTION WITH HERNIA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONS IN 2022

Abstract Aim The Cirujanos en Acción and Hernia International foundations carried out their own collaborative surgical campaigns in developing countries. In 2020 2021 the programme had to be suspended due Covid. 2022 we restarted our actions, analysed difficulties of reactivation described that been those delayed. Material/ Methods We describe 9 Surgeons Action, collaboration with campaign region Naborno Karabakh, planned for September cancelled 24 hours before departure resurgence armed conflict. An analysis is made volunteers, places, type (adults or children mixed), collaborations other foundations, patients operated procedures done according pathologies, integration local staff exchange knowledge. Results Made 8 countries (Benin, Camerun, Gambia (2), Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Sierra Leone) postponed one country, Karabakh Armenia. 85 volunteers (25 general 10 paediatric surgeons, 19 anaesthetists, 3 intensivists, 23 nurses, 5 audiovisuals); staff; 1144 (473 children, 671 adults), 1325 various pathologies (hernias, goitres, hydroceles, undescendend testis, soft tissue tumours, etc.) Conclusion have successfully new locations opened a good projection coming years, experienced cancellation mega-campaign an area geopolitical conflicts - taken into account future