Although this is a difficult task, it may be more easily facilitated by the involvement of national surgical professional bodies. Professional bodies are well-respected by surgical healthcare providers and have a sense of academic activities happening within a country or region, so they have the ability and capacity to call for and organize information on global surgery efforts. As these bodies are not affiliated with any particular institution, they serve as an impartial resource for centralizing data and information, so surgical healthcare providers may be more willing to share information about their global surgery work.