https://www.worldherniaproject.com/home daily 1.0 2020-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5effdffe3637bc0bfa471053/1593987053468-43MF355WO55IC18OHO1A/Hernia+Repair+with+Mesh.png Home - Our mission is to enable surgery critical to global health Groin hernia repair is one of the highest value health interventions in the world, yet access to its most critical component — polypropylene surgical mesh — is limited to high income countries and those who can afford it. Those who need hernia mesh the most can’t get it…why? Price. It’s simply priced too high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5effdffe3637bc0bfa471053/1593992416030-63R1VKK3XYZVBMJC1YE9/DSC_2129-340%2Bheight.jpg Home - We supply mesh priced to enable universal access The World Hernia Project team came together united in the pursuit of making critical surgical materials accessible across socioeconomic classes, around the globe. This project was developed at Stanford and MIT, with funding supplied by a development grant. Our mesh has the same design, strength, and porosity as that marketed by major medical device manufacturers, but at a fraction of the price. https://www.worldherniaproject.com/challenge daily 0.75 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5effdffe3637bc0bfa471053/1599337199767-M02N1KMKM85JY9C4UWUB/large+groin+hernia+resize+2.png Challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5effdffe3637bc0bfa471053/1599336824634-DK7Y24883VHBSM5JLB57/Hernia+Detail+Resize.png Challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5effdffe3637bc0bfa471053/1599337384005-DJLIR4KOWS8ZVARWWTHW/Repair+Detail+Resize.png Challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5effdffe3637bc0bfa471053/1600015454654-82ZHM2APPF43ZT0DTOW8/hernia+mesh+repair.jpg Challenge - Groin hernia repair is essential for global health Hernia repair is so important it was added to the Work Health Organization’s list of essential surgical care [3]. In fact, it has such a high return on investment that it is as cost-effective as vaccines and other prioritized health interventions [4]. Most importantly, mesh-based repairs have the lowest rates of recurrence and the greatest overall effectiveness on lowering the burden of disease. [3] Emergency & essential surgical care. World Health Organization. https://bit.ly/2Zg0QOJ [4] Surgical Care at the District Hospital. World Health Organization. http://bit.ly/2onflPm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5effdffe3637bc0bfa471053/1600016069156-DJXEIKHMKZBZMP9F7AYY/daly+graphic.jpg Challenge - In fact, it has a greater disability burden than malaria and HIV Because groin hernia is progressive and disabling, it pulls entire populations out of the labor pool. Globally there are 223M hernias and 44,000 deaths from hernia every year [1]. In a middle income country like Ghana, with a population of nearly 30M and where manual labor is key to survival, groin hernia imparts a cost to the population of over 5M disability adjusted life years (DALYs) [2]. That’s the equivalent of pulling 1M people out of the workforce for five years; with malaria and HIV, sick patients are still able to work and support themselves. [1] Essential Surgery, Chapter 9: Hernia & Hydrocele. Beard JH et al. http://bit.ly/2mZuq9Z [2] Forrester JD et al. 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