Thank you for your support during the tenure of the present Executive Committee that was elected at the ASSA Congress in Port Elizabeth in 2017. The present Exco will serve until the next voting AGM which will be in Cape Town at the ASSA Congress in August 2019.

SAMA has noted the request for comments on the National Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List (Hospital Level: Adults). Please see the following documents for more information.

A survey has recently been circulated to General surgeons in South Africa looking at aspects of training that might make their skills suitable for managing surgical diseases which are important to doctors working for MSF.

ACS NSQIP® and the International Relations Committee offer International ACS NSQIP Scholarships for surgeons from countries other than the United States or Canada who demonstrate strong interests in surgical quality improvement.

Applications are open for the SASES 2018 Travelling Fellowship Program, sponsored by Covidien.