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🚀 AOLC is now fully open! WFSA is pleased to announce the launch of the Anaesthesiology Online Learning Community (AOLC), bringing free, open-access tutorials, journals, webinars and online courses together under one umbrella. 🔗Explore AOLC and start learning: wfsahq.org/news/wfsa-launche… Connecting 30,000+ anaesthesia professionals across 190+ countries.

🌍At the 76th WHO Regional Committee for Europe, WFSA called on WHO and Member States to recognise safe surgery, anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care as essential components of comprehensive services to tackle noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). 🔗Read WFSA’s statement: wfsahq.org/news/wfsa-who-eur…

🌍 The 19th National Conference of Obstetric Anaesthesiologists of India, #AOACON2026, brings together experts to advance obstetric anaesthesia. On 1 November, Dr J Balavenkata Subramanian, WFSA President-Elect, will deliver a plenary talk on Human Factors & System Failures, highlighting WFSA initiatives including SAFE OBS, the Santa Cruz Declaration and the Labour Analgesia Declaration. 🔗Register: aoacon2026.com/login 📍 SIMS, Shivamogga, India

Are you a clinician, researcher or stakeholder working in pain? The University of Bath and the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) invite you to take part in the Global Pain Atlas survey. ⏱️ Estimated completion time: 10-20 minutes 🔗 Take the survey: uniofbath.questionpro.eu/a/T… Your insights and experience can help identify global gaps, priorities and needs, informing future policy, care strategies, funding and research.

🩺 Join the Paediatric Anaesthesia Journal Club, presented by the WFSA Paediatric Committee, to explore the evidence on fascia plane blocks in children and discuss better patient care. 🗓️19 November 2026 | 13:30 GMT 🔗 Register: wfsahq-org.zoom.us/meeting/r…

📷 Show us the power of learning CPR! WFSA and the German Resuscitation Council are inviting you to share photos of people learning this life-saving skill in our World Restart a Heart 2026 photo competition. 🏆 Five winners will each receive €300 and a certificate. 🗓️ Deadline: 16 November 2026 🔗Submit your entry: wfsahq.org/news/capture-the-… 📸 How to enter: • Submit one photo with a short caption showing lay people learning or practising CPR in a training setting. • Ensure everyone identifiable in the photo has given their consent.

🩸 How can patient blood management transform care and improve outcomes? Join the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists and the College of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists of Sri Lanka for a webinar exploring clinical insights and perspectives from New Zealand and Sri Lanka. 🗓️ 4 November 2026 🕒 8:00 PM NZDT | 6:00 PM AEST | 4:00 PM PHT | 1:30 PM SLST 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/j/2603479911… Meeting ID: 260 347 9911 | Passcode: ISANHQ

🩺 Hypertension control must go beyond primary care. 🌏 At #WPRORC77 in Manila, WFSA urged Member States to include anaesthesia, surgical, emergency and critical care in the WHO Regional Plan on hypertension. 🔗Read the statement: wfsahq.org/news/wfsa-wpro-rc…

🩸Join SABM and WFSA for a joint webinar during #PBMAwarenessWeek to explore evidence-based practice, clinical insights and global perspectives on better blood care. 🔗Register: wfsahq-org.zoom.us/webinar/r… 🗓️5 November | 15:00 GMT

Anaesthesiology Along the Patient Pathway highlights the vital role of anaesthesiologists throughout a patient’s journey, from emergency care and preparation for surgery to recovery, pain management and palliative care. As WFSA’s Presidential Theme for 2026-2028, it recognises the contribution of anaesthesiology to safer, more comprehensive patient care at every stage. 🔗 Explore the theme in this feature by the Global Surgery Foundation: globalsurgeryfoundation.org/…

📸 Capture the moment, help save lives! WFSA and the German Resuscitation Council invite you to enter our photo competition celebrating people learning CPR. 🔗 Find out more and enter: wfsahq.org/news/capture-the-… 🗓️ Deadline: 16 November 2026 🏆 Five winners will each receive €300 and a certificate. How to enter: 📷 Submit one photo with a short caption showing lay people learning or practising CPR in a training setting. ✅ Confirm that everyone identifiable in the photo has given their consent.

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🎉🏆 Congratulations to our #WAD2026 Video Competition winner, Dr Karthik Deegutla! A huge thank you to everyone who submitted a video and shared their creativity to celebrate World Anaesthesia Day 2026 and this year’s theme, Before, During and Beyond Surgery. ▶️ Watch the winning video: youtu.be/4_2eOD-nZDQ?si=Qrr6… 👏 Congratulations also to our six finalists for their fantastic videos and valuable contributions to the campaign. Thank you all for your wonderful work in helping us highlight the vital role of anaesthesiology around the world. 💚🌍

🌍 From webinars and video stories to celebrations around the world, #WAD2026 brought the global anaesthesia community together! Discover how we celebrated World Anaesthesia Day under the theme Before, During and Beyond Surgery. 🔗 Read the full round-up: wfsahq.org/news/world-anaest… #WAD2026

📸 Moments from the Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony between WFSA and the Chinese American Society of Anaesthesiology (CASA) at #ANES26. Pictured: WFSA President Dr Carolina Haylock-Loor and CASA President Dr Jingping Wang. Working together to strengthen our global anaesthesiology community! 🌍

📸 More moments from #ANES26 WFSA Social Media Champion Dr Karru Venkata Ravi Teja poses in front of the WFSA booth in San Diego. WFSA Champions help amplify our mission and raise awareness of patient safety, perioperative care, workforce strengthening and equitable access to anaesthesia.

🌎 WFSA at #ANES26 📸 Moments captured in San Diego, where WFSA Board members, Secretariat colleagues, the WCA Advisor and the UIA Editor-in-Chief came together. Different expertise, one shared goal: advancing anaesthesiology worldwide through connection, collaboration and knowledge exchange. 🤝