Inaugural Pan-African Surgical Conference
Pan-African Surgical Conference 2025
Building Resilient and Sustainable Surgical Services in Africa
A Surgeon in Every District Hospital
19-23 February 2025 | Preconference Workshops | Multiple Venues
24-28 February 2025 | Main Conference | Kigali Serena Hotel
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The Opportunity
Africa faces a critical shortage of surgical professionals. By 2030, the continent is projected to lack over 6 million surgical care providers. With only 0.5 surgeons and 0.1 anesthetists per 100,000 people, this shortage creates a major health care burden.
In response to this urgent need, the Pan-African Surgical Conference brings together health care professionals and policymakers to develop strategies to strengthen Africa’s surgical workforce and improve access to surgical care.
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The Future of Surgical Care in Africa
A Surgeon in Every District Hospital
Join us at the inaugural Pan-African Surgical Conference as we unite to find solutions to building resilient and sustainable surgical services across the continent.
Let’s come together to increase surgical equity in Africa.
Conference Goals and Objectives
The conference seeks to increase surgical equity in Africa by strengthening the local surgical workforce.
This conference will explore context-specific solutions to identified gaps in local surgical ecosystems and recommend specific clinical practices and policy innovations to increase surgeon density, expand access to essential surgery and improve health equity throughout Africa.
Support local providers
Reinforce the Pan-African network of surgical providers and researchers
Highlight best practices
Expand training opportunities for the surgical workforce
Promote surgical equity
Build support for policy changes that promote workforce capacity and surgical access
Share research findings
Support surgical clinical research and publication by African investigators of African populations
Advance surgical innovation
Share innovations to meet surgical gaps in resource-limited settings
Strengthen surgical networks
Increase funding for locally driven, sustainable approaches to workforce strengthening and surgical equity
Who'll Be There?
Global surgery policy experts
Surgeons, anesthesiologists, public health experts
Health care professionals
Nurses, intensivists, pediatricians and generalists
Policymakers and key stakeholders
Governments, regulatory bodies, NGOs, advocacy groups
Training institutes, researchers and academicians
Medical training institutes, health policy researchers
What to Expect
Multidisciplinary case discussions
Poster presentations
Expert clinical presentations
Exhibitions and vendor fairs
Pre-conference workshops
Research presentations
Policy roundtables and panel discussions
Organizers
Rwanda Ministry of Health
The governing body overseeing and coordinating Rwanda's health sector focusing on preventive, curative and rehabilitative health care. MOH aims to enhance the overall well-being of citizens while contributing to poverty reduction.
Operation Smile
Operation Smile is a leading global nonprofit bridging the gap in access to essential surgeries and health care, starting with cleft surgery and comprehensive care.
University of Rwanda
Rwanda's prominent public university providing quality education, conducting research and boosting the socio-economic development. UR College of Medicine and Health Sciences (UR-CMHS) trains medical and health professionals.
Rwanda Surgical Society
Rwanda Surgical Society is a constituent of the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) committed to the welfare and education of surgeons and advocacy among surgeons in Rwanda.
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