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Dear Member Societies,
At the WFSA, we have welcomed the arrival of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere by attending various congresses, where we had the opportunity to connect with many of you and hear from you directly. We greatly value the chance to meet in person with our Member Societies. As always, below you will find a summary of this month’s key highlights.
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30 June extraordinary WFSA General Assembly
Thank you to all those who took part in the 30 June extraordinary WFSA General Assembly. 62 Member Societies participated, either through pre-voting or attendance at the live meeting. Members approved WFSA’s 2023 accounts, the 2024 budget and a WFSA position statement on the safety of the anaesthesia workforce in regions of conflict. Read the 30 June General Assembly minutes and find copies of the translated WFSA Position Statement.
WCA2026 promotion
We are excited to build on the success of WCA2024, which brought together over 5550 participants from 149 countries! Now WCA2026, co-organised by WFSA Member Society SMAAR, Société Marocaine d’Anesthésie, d’Analgésie, et de Réanimation, is on the horizon, taking place in the Africa-Middle East region for the first time since 2008. Hosted in Marrakech, Morocco, this congress marks the start of a new two-year cycle rotating across global regions and featuring a diverse faculty from around the world. As WFSA Member Societies, you can benefit from special group discounts, ensuring this is truly your congress. Learn more and prepare your participation at wcacongress.org.
World Anaesthesia Day 2024 on 16 October
We’re excited to bring you a comprehensive programme of activities for World Anaesthesia Day 2024 (WAD2024) with a focus on workforce well-being. This includes guided online WAD2024 Yoga Sessions and an online seminar bringing together experts in mental health support to discuss strategies to prevent burnout and maximize a healthy work-life balance. We hope you will join us and raise awareness of this critical issue in your communities. Register now for these webinars. Continue to check the WFSA website for updates and look out for a dedicated newsletter next month with further details.
WFSA Fellowships
WFSA has a long history of delivering high-quality sub-specialty Fellowships in locations around the world. We are delighted to share the first of three publications supported by a grant from the Anaesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Grant (APSF) which looks at the impact of our Fellowship programmes. The article is now available in our Virtual Library.
We are also pleased to share that since August, we have had 10 WFSA Fellows begin their training. Our Pain Management programme in Bangkok welcomed Dr Heng Bonavin and Dr Phan Trong Nhan, from Cambodia and Vietnam respectively, to begin their year-long training on 1 Augus.t At the start of this month, the Paediatric Anaesthesia Training in Africa (PATA) programme entered its third year. PATA Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia welcomed seven Fellows between them, all of whom will attend a bootcamp in Lusaka at the start of October. Finally, Dr Taresa Dechasa Fite from Ethiopia travelled to New Delhi to begin his 9-month training in Thoracic Anaesthesia.
World Patient Safety Day
This is a global WHO Day, celebrated each year on 17 September. The theme for 2024 was ‘Improving diagnosis for patient safety’ and we were delighted to support the celebrations with a webinar highlighting how accurate and timely diagnosis of perioperative anaemia, as part of patient blood management programmes, can improve patient outcomes and ensure the safety and quality of care provided. We were honoured to have some of the global experts in this field join us for this, as well as Dr Irina Papieva, Head A.I. for WHO Patient Safety Flagship You can view the recording on our YouTube channel here.
Perioperative Patient Blood Management
We now have a landing page for Perioperative Patient Blood Management (P-PBM) information on our website, including details of our activities in this area and key resources from other organisations, such as the NATA Newsletter archives.
Halothane crisis
WFSA continues to engage with relevant colleagues around the non-availability of halothane. In August we convened a stakeholder call with over 80 attendees to discuss ways to raise awareness of this critical issue and help circumvent the impact it will have. We have also written a letter to the editor of the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia highlighting this. You can access this on the halothane page on our website here.
Conferences
9th All Africa Anaesthesia Congress (AAAC)
WFSA had a strong presence at the AAAC in Johannesburg earlier this month, including from our President and several Past Presidents. We are grateful to the South African Society for generously hosting the congress which was a sold-out success and organised in collaboration with our African Regional Section (ARS). The 9th AAAC was also the site of the 2024 Regional Assembly which elected a new ARS Board. We congratulate the new ARS President and his team, and wish them all the best for their term. You can find details of the new Board on our website here.
SFAR Congress 2024
We were excited to have a stand at the French Society of Anaesthesiology Congress in Paris earlier this month. Alongside colleagues from the Moroccan Society of Anaesthesiologists, co-hosts of WCA2026, it was great to meet French anaesthesiologists and other French-speaking doctors who came to Paris for the occasion.
Association of Anaesthetists (Great Britain & Ireland)
Last week we were in Harrogate attending the annual congress of the Association of Anaesthetists in the UK. It was wonderful to meet old friends and make new connections; and great to see the excitement for WCA2026 already building.
Please check out our LinkedIn, Instagram and X pages for photos and updates from all the events we have participated in recently.
Capnography
WFSA is proud to be working with Lifebox and Smile Train on a global effort to raise awareness of the need for capnography monitoring. You can find more information about this initiative on our website here, along with a template letter of support which we are urging Member Societies to sign.
Member Societies Surveys 2024
This is a “last call” reminder for Member Societies to submit their most up-to-date information through our latest survey. If you have not yet completed and submitted the 2024 Survey, we kindly request that you do so at your earliest convenience via the following link. Your timely submission will enhance our communication efforts and ensure we have the correct details for your society: WFSA Member Societies[ Survey 2024 ]// English // (surveymonkey.com)
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We look forward to October, with more updates and relevant information. See you in our October newsletter!
Best regards,
Mrs. Maria Tortajada Chardi
Membership Manager WFSA
Email: memberships@wfsahq.org
Website: WFSA – World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (wfsahq.org)
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