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 Wayne Morriss, MD

WFSA President

AAAC Welcome

It is my pleasure and honour to invite you to the 2022 All Africa Anesthesia Congress in the beautiful city of Kigali, Rwanda.

The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists is excited to be partnering with the Rwanda Society Anaesthesiologists to present AAAC 2022 and this will be my first international congress as WFSA President. After the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, it will wonderful to meet friends and colleagues again, and to share and learn from each other.

The congress theme is “Innovation and Rejuvenation in the Post-Pandemic Era”. This is a particularly fitting theme at the current time – worldwide, we are facing unprecedented challenges related to workforce and an increasing burden of disease. The congress will address issues specific to Africa and issues important to anaesthesiologists everywhere in the world.

Please join us in Kigali for the AAAC – we can achieve so much by working together. It will be our opportunity to innovate, rejuvenate and collaborate so that we can provide the best possible care for our patients.

Christian Mukwesi, MD

Vice President, Rwanda Society of Anesthesiologists

Chairman, AAAC OC

It is a great honor and pleasure to invite you to the 8th All Africa Anesthesia Congress (AAAC) to be held in Kigali, Rwanda from 07th to 10th September 2022. This is a joint meeting between the Rwanda Society of Anesthesiologists (RSA) and the Africa Regional Section (ARS) of the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) whose objectives are to make available the highest standards of anesthesia, pain treatment, trauma management and resuscitation to all peoples of the world. After the Covid-19 pandemic, our organizing committee has put together a comprehensive relevant program that will drive you on innovation and rejuvenation in the post-pandemic era in anesthesia, pain medicine and intensive care. Lectures, industry symposia and workshops will encourage interaction between participants and ensure, quite literally, something for everyone.

As AAAC crosses Africa, we excitedly anticipated a wonderful occasion to bring all the international practitioners of our specialty together. Regardless of our backgrounds and resources may be very different, we all face similar problems and challenges in providing the very best care to our patients. AAAC is an outstanding anesthesia congress and only takes place every two years. We will have different scientific lectures prepared by experts in each field, which aim is to provide global and scientific contents that are also clinically relevant with a strong practical emphasis. I hope that you will consider not only your attendance but also your participation in providing and submitting scientific abstracts for presentation and discussion with colleagues and peers in your field.

Rwanda, known as a land of thousand hills, is a safe, well organized country that has implemented a robust and transparent response to the pandemic. Centuries of music, dance, history and hospitality are waiting for you in our country. While it might have been the gorillas that entice you to Rwanda, it’s their people who will keep you coming back.

Dr Philippe Mavoungou

WFSA Council Member

Vice-president of the board of the ARS

The Africa Regional Section (ARS) of the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists congratulates the Rwanda Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care on its decision to take up the challenge of organizing the 8th All Africa Anesthesia Congress 2022 in Kigali in the post-pandemic era: it is an exceptional opportunity to bring together anesthesia providers from all over the Africa continent, to share experiences and to look forward to a future that is rich with old and still unresolved challenges – such as the problem of human resources, both quantitative and qualitative, as well as optimizing the supply of drug resources and equipment with the new perspectives offered by technology.

The WFSA Africa Regional Section currently includes 32 national anesthesia societies. It should be noted that 55 countries are members of the African Union. In fact, the WFSA Africa Regional Section is already the largest regional section of this Federation. It is certainly the Regional Section that also presents the most complex situations. Within the framework of the partnership of the WFSA with the large international organizations in particular the WHO, the Africa Regional Section of the WFSA is regularly present and makes the advocacy of anesthesia at this forum.

This congress should be the place for in-depth reflection on the issues of anesthesia and critical care on the continent. Anesthesiologists from all countries of the continent are invited to participate actively in this Congress.

“Rejuvenation and innovation in this post-pandemic period”: this are the ambition of this congress that we wish to achieve with all of you!

Good luck at the 8th Congress of the WFSA Africa Regional Section!

Looking forward to seeing you in Kigali!

Paulin R. BANGUTI, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care

RSA, Chairperson.

It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the 8th  All Africa Anesthesia Congress, organized by the Rwanda Society of Anesthesiologists (RSA) and supported by the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) through its African Section (ARS). The 8thAAAC will take place from September 1-4, 2022 at the Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village. The RSA is intending this World class Congress to be an HYBRID EVEN which will welcome an esteemed faculty from WFSA leadership, WFSA members’ societies as well international and African speakers who will, no doubt, provide the latest tips and updates on hot topics in Anesthesia, Critical Care and  well as Pain Medicine.  

The RSA plan to successfully host the 8th All Africa Anaesthesia Congress in 2022 despite the Covid-19 pandemic challenges. This will be a landmark event in the East and Central African region expecting a heavy physical presence of more than a 1000 delegates both international and national faculties from several countries including Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, DRC our East African Neighber countries as well as our partners in the USA, Canada, UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Italy, Austria, Australia, Cameeroon, Benin, Mali, India, Egypt, Liberia,Cote d’ ivoire, Mauritius, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tunisia among others.

Workshops are available to give attendees hands-on experience while learning new and improtant techniques. As always, the educational program will help all attendees meet their educational needs and expectations.

The congress planning an enticing exhibit hall with more than 50 exhibitors, providing invitees with the opportunity to both see the latest technology advancements and other products to aid in the success of your practice and patient care.

I invite you to participate in the congress and to come see what makes this congress the most successful program and exhibition in Africa in our specialty.

Please, explore the opportunities and join your colleagues at this ever so popular event at an even more popular destination, “The country of thousand Hills”: Rwanda in 2022.

I look forward to welcoming You in Rwanda!