World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA)

🌍💪 Women anaesthesiologists from around the world will share their leadership journeys, challenges & strategies for success at #WCA2026!
Join Unapologetically Ambitious: Women in Leadership 🩺🌍
Sat 18 Apr | 08:30–10:00
🔗Read more: shorturl.at/kp8Gz

Some new entries to our Anaesthesia Dynasties 🎉
🔗Explore them: wfsahq.org/about/histor...
Know a family with a shared legacy in anaesthesiology?
Send names, key details, and photos to comms@wfsahq.org and help us celebrate them.

🩸In Ethiopia, the need for blood continues to grow while supply remains limited. Strengthening P-PBM is helping make every unit count.

📖 The WFSA Annual Report 2025 is here.
🌍Celebrate a year of advancing safe anaesthesia, global collaboration, and impact that reaches every corner of the world.
🔗Take a look at what we achieved together in 2025: shorturl.at/j62hO

🚨 New ATOTW: Basic Echocardiography in the ICU
Part 1 introduces practical skills for ICU echocardiography, including using the equipment, obtaining parasternal long & short axis views, and recognising key cardiac structures and pathologies.
👉 Read it here: shorturl.at/8WMoT

📸 Dr Carolina Haylock-Loor, President-Elect of WFSA, at a Grand Round at the Stanford Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine.
🌍Strengthening connections across the global anaesthesia community.

Events Supporting and connecting our members and the wider global health community is a core component of WFSA’s work. Discover recommended events below. Please Note: Event links will take you directly to…

🌍Supporting and connecting our members and the wider global health community is at the heart of WFSA’s work.
📅Explore our events page for upcoming conferences and meetings from around the world, all in one place: wfsahq.org/events/
Stay informed. Stay connected 🤝

World Anemia Awareness Day is coming up.
Join us for Anemia Unmasked 🩸
A timely conversation on Patient Blood Management, from global implementation to challenging long-held paradigms.
📅 13 February 2026
⏰ AM CST
🤝 A collaboration between WFSA and SABM
👉 Register now: shorturl.at/yxwSx

🩸 New blog: From Scarcity to Strategy
How Patient Blood Management is reshaping blood care across Africa.
Practical insights on perioperative outcomes, smarter blood use, and stronger health systems.
By Françoise Nizeyimana, Alexander Akowuah & Fredy Ariza
🔗Read: shorturl.at/Owpz2

🚨 Don’t miss out – applications closing soon!
The 2026 Cardiac Anaesthesia Fellowship in Miraj, India for early-career anaesthesiologists.
🗓 Apply by 22 Feb 2026
Secure your spot now 👉 shorturl.at/QlXSj

🚨 Don’t miss out – applications closing soon!
The 2026 Cardiac Anaesthesia Fellowship in Miraj, India for early-career anaesthesiologists.
🗓 Apply by 22 Feb 2026
Secure your spot now 👉 shorturl.at/QlXSj

📸 A moment from the flag transfer ceremony at the 17th Asian Australasian Congress of Anaesthesiologists 🇹🇭
Malaysia will host next in 2030 🇲🇾

📸More from 17th Asian Australasian Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Bangkok 🇹🇭
Prof Daniela Filipescu, President, representing WFSA.

How short can fasting safely be for children? 🧒
Explore the latest evidence and what it means for daily practice worldwide.
▶️Watch the WFSA Paediatric Anaesthesia Online Journal Club discussion on paediatric preoperative fasting: shorturl.at/lTNo4

📸Highlights from the scientific session at the 17th AACA 2026: Dr Wayne Morriss and Dr Chris Bowden sharing insights and sparking great discussions.
🇹🇭The Congress is taking place from 6–8 Feb 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Missed the NATA PBM Marathon webinar?
Catch up on Educating and beyond: the WFSA global strategy for P-PBM.
▶️Watch here 👉https://shorturl.at/LncK5
The session explores education, capacity building, and real-world PBM implementation, with insights from Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

Anaesthesia runs in the family 🌍
Across generations, these families show how skill, service, and commitment to care are passed on.
Know an anaesthesia dynasty?
📧Send names, details, and photos to comms@wfsahq.org
🔗 Explore the Dynasties: shorturl.at/XhQoZ

🗣️ Great to be able to call on the expertise of Prof Christian Kern to advocate for anaesthesia and anaesthesiologists at the @WHO Executive Board #EB158.
🔗Read the WFSA statement: shorturl.at/op8oq

🌍WFSA joined a WHO Executive Board statement on childhood NCDs, emphasising the need to improve access to safe and affordable anaesthesia and surgical care as a means to diagnose and treat childhood cancer and other NCDs.
🔗 Read the statement: shorturl.at/mW4ij

WFSA at #COAISL2026 🇱🇰🌏
WFSA Council (Asia) was represented at the 42nd COAISL Annual Congress by Dr Suraphong Lorsomradee and Dr Kumudini Ranatunga. A great platform for regional exchange, collaboration, and advancing patient safety, workforce development, and anaesthesia care.

📢 Only 5 days left!
Thoracic Anaesthesia Fellowship 2026 🇮🇳
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, is offering a 6-month WFSA-funded fellowship starting July 2026.
🗓️ Deadline: 8 February 2026
🔗 Apply via the WFSA awards platform: shorturl.at/1oVfY

🚀 Advancing Patient Blood Management in practice!
The latest p-PBM Facilitator Course pilot took place in Bucharest (30–31 Jan), co-hosted by WFSA and SRATI 🇷🇴
Thanks to CSL Vifor for an unrestricted educational grant supporting this training 🙌
To know more about p-PBM: shorturl.at/ki9Lh

World Anemia Awareness Day is approaching. On this occasion, join us for Anemia Unmasked 🩸
From global implementation to challenging paradigms in Patient Blood Management.
📅 February 13, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM CST
🤝 A collaboration between WFSA and SABM
👉 Register now: shorturl.at/yxwSx

Join us for a hands-on webinar on anaesthetic management of cleft lip & palate repair in children, hosted by the WFSA Paediatric Anaesthesia Committee and supported by Operation Smile.
🗓 Friday, 27 Feb 2025
⏰ 07:00 ET | 12:00 GMT | 14:00 EET | 17:30 IST
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/iteBr

Come join us for a deep dive into PHARMACOLOGY & TECHNOLOGY!
🗓 Wednesday, 4 Feb
⏰ 09:30 EST | 15:30 CET | 20:00 IST
🎧 English with AI subtitles in multiple languages
Register: shorturl.at/JSfTe

🚨 Reminder: Applications still open 🚨
A brand new 2026 Cardiac Anaesthesia Fellowship in Miraj, India 🇮🇳
Tuition, accommodation, and living expenses are covered.
🗓 Deadline: 22 Feb 2026
Apply now 👉 shorturl.at/QlXSj

🇳🇵 SAFE Obstetrics, first introduced in Nepal with WFSA's support and now led by NSI and NAMS, is helping clinicians in rural hospitals save lives.
Hands-on training and practical skills are making a real difference for mothers and newborns.
🔗Read more: shorturl.at/sBjTR

The World Week of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine webinars page is now LIVE🔴
Online and hybrid sessions are taking place across all continents during World Week and World Day.
Explore the full programme 👇
esraeurope.org/3rd-world-day/

It's TOMORROW!
🌍The NATA Marathon 2026
Educating and beyond: The WFSA Global Strategy for Perioperative Patient Blood Management
⏰ 06:45 COT | 11:45 GMT | 14:45 EAT | 19:45 MYT
🔗Join us for insights and best practices from around the world: shorturl.at/DAIA8

Have you signed up yet?
📚 WFSA Journal Club: From Evidence to Everyday Practice – Shorter Fasting, Better Care
👉 Register: shorturl.at/r2IhH
📅 30 Jan 2026 | 🕠 5:30 pm IST | 1:00 pm CET