World Anaesthesia News

WAN is the newsletter of WAS sent free to members. It features reports of educational courses, experiences of anaesthetists in the developing world, profiles, book reviews and letters.  If you would like to contribute to WAN, please email worldanaesthesianews@gmail.com

World Anaesthesia News June 2021 Edition

Featuring:

• Global Anaesthesia: Towards Health Equity
• Supporting assessment during the Covid-19 pandemic – reflections from a global partnership based in Zambia
• Zambia Anesthesia Development Project (ZADP) PPE distribution in Zambia
• Is there a role for short course critical care training in a pandemic?
• Training in Anaesthesia: Cameroon
• Lifebox: Pulse Oximetry and a Global COVID-19 Response

World Anaesthesia News October 2020 Edition

Featuring:

• Anaesthesia courses in Burundi
• Overseas Healthcare Leadership Programme
• History, current situation and challenges with anaesthesia in Cambodia
• Point of care ultrasound training in LMIC
• Global Anaesthesia Development project day at RCOA
• Teaching fellowship in Uganda

World Anaesthesia News November 2019 Edition

Featuring:

• The need for women’s leadership in anaesthesia
• Anaesthesia in Nigeria
• Developing Basic Life Support (BLS) training in Zamibia
• Collaboration is key to the future of anaesthesia in Ethiopia
• Anaesthesia in Blantyre, Malawi
• Evaluation of SAFE training
• Leadership in Global Health

World Anaesthesia News May 2019 Edition

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Featuring:

• M&M meetings in global anaesthesia & surgery in Sierra Leone
• INSPIRE through clinical teaching courses
• NIHR Global Surgery Consortium
• SAFE-T conference 2019 overview
• Good volunteering practice: designing an online resource

World Anaesthesia News November 2018 Edition

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Featuring:

• WAS Spring Seminar abstracts
• Being a good visitor
• An overview of Zambian MMed
• Anaesthesia in Ethiopia
• Anaesthesia onboard Mercy Ships
• Experiences from ICU in New Zealand
• Global Anaesthesia Fellowship: Hereford to Tanzania
• Evolution of LMIC fellowships & the role of international aid

World Anaesthesia News May 2018 Edition 

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Featuring:

• Experiences from Ethiopia & Uganda
  Primary Trauma Care in Francophone Countries
• WFSA Fund a Fellow Campaign
• From the journals

Includes reports from Global Anaesthesia Conferences around the Country:

• East of England Global Health Conference
• Global Anaesthesia Development Project Faculty Day
• The 1st ever SAFE-T Summit, a 1 day summit focussed on Global Surgery and Anaesthesia, and featuring presentations from world-renowned experts.

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