Global Emergency and Trauma Care Initiative (GETI)    

The WHO Global Emergency and Trauma Care Initiative (GETI) was launched in January 2019, with the following two goals: 1) to rapidly increase capacities to provide quality emergency care in countries around the world, and 2) to foster awareness through a global advocacy campaign about its potential to save lives.

The launch of this initiative is made possible through the generous support of the AO Foundation, which promotes excellence in patient care through a network of thousands of practitioners in 100 countries. It is one of a number of partners in the WHO Global Alliance for Care of the Injured.

Through GETI, WHO and partners support low- and middle-income countries to assess their national emergency care systems, identify shortcomings and implement proven interventions to address these gaps. Activities at the national level include: development of national plans and key policies (such as laws addressing the role of bystanders and access to care without regard to ability to pay); and implementation of WHO standards to address the way emergency care systems are organized and resourced.

This work responds to the mandate established by World Health Assembly resolution 72.16 - Emergency care systems for universal health coverage: ensuring timely care for the acutely ill and injured. This resolution was unanimously passed in 2019 by all Member States for inclusion of emergency and trauma care as part of universal health coverage.