PAPS sponsors 1-2 pediatric surgeons from LMICs to attend its annual meeting, as Global Alliance Partnership (GAP) Fellows.  Several past recipients of the GAP Fellowship are active members of GICS.

Co-hosted by the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) and the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), the second SAFE-T (Safe Anaesthesia for Everybody - Today) Summit will build on the success of the inaugural summit to advance the global patient safety agenda. Bringing together leaders from within and outside the perioperative team the SAFE-T Summit will highlight the importance of equity and teamwork in anaesthesia and surgical care, with a focus on perioperative safety through equity, ethics, gender, diversity and…

For the first time, this year's 50th Anniversary meeting will feature a session on Global Surgery in its main schedule.

The Bethune Round Table (BRT) is an annual interdisciplinary meeting aimed at addressing the challenges of providing accessible, high-quality surgical care to marginalized patients in low-resource settings. By bringing health professionals across a variety of disciplines together, we are able to share strategies and create solutions for improving surgical care to these under-serviced regions. The University of Alberta is honoured to host the Bethune Round Table in 2019 at the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA), located on campus at 11405,…

The BAPS International Affairs Committee sponsors the fellowships to bring LMIC surgeons to the UK for the BAPS meeting and for observing surgery in tertiary centres.

As part of the annual meeting of ASAP (Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence), several GICS members are presenting at the World Congress of Surgery.  Three of the sessions pertinent to children's surgery are summarized here.

The 14th ASPS Congress is expected to welcome over 300 delegates from Southeast Asian countries as well as hospitals from all over Vietnam, together with the leaders of Ha Noi People's Committee, leaders of the Ministry of Health, Hanoi Department of Health and media agencies. The main theme of the Congress is "Multidisciplinary approach in pediatric surgery for better result". In particular, the Congress will focus on the following areas: Minimally invasive surgery, liver and bile surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, urology…

GICS will be planning an afternoon session at the meeting, with topics to be determined.  As hosts for the meeting, WOFAPS (World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgery) sponsors LMIC surgeons to attend.  Full details coming soon.

The 20th Annual General Meeting and Graduation Ceremony of the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa will be held on 4th December, followed by the Scientific Conference on 5th and 6th December 2019.  Exams precede the AGM.