Surgery in low-income countries during crisis: experience at Médecins Sans Frontières facilities in 20 countries between 2008 and 2014.

The global burden of trauma and surgical conditions fall disproportionately on lowand middle-income countries (LMICs). 2 Inopportunely, developing countries are least equipped to provide essential surgical care. Consequently, LMICs have a significant burden of unmet surgical needs. When these fragile health systems are disrupted by conflict, a natural disaster or an epidemic the volume and quality of surgical care decreases even further. In response, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides surgical humanitarian assistance in countries affected by crisis through one of five operations centres; one of these is Operations Centre Brussels (OCB).