It was truly amazing to attend Prof Ntobeko Ntusi’s Valedictory lecture as he ends his chapter as the Head of Medicine Department to become the President of the SA MRC. He left us with deep and truthful reflections of who we are, and who we can be, if we focus on the right things

It was wonderful to meet the Associate Vice President of University of Alberta Dr Andre MacDonald. Discussing the future of our Global Surgery collaboration 🌟

An inspiring Africa day at Stellenbosch University with the Faculty of Health Sciences. I spoke about lifelong learning in our Global Surgery education programme in pursuit of local solutions to a global challenge 🌟

Celebrate #GlobalSurgeryDay with us this weekend and my amazing team Gender Equity Initiative in Global Surgery to engage in dialogue about global surgery and gender equity with leaders from around the 🌍 in a special all-day event - FREE for anyone from anywhere 😍
Register here: shorturl.at/mDENZ

We celebrated the UCT Faculty of Health Sciences Africa Day 2024, led by the Pan-African Health Sciences Forum. A deep sense of hope as we deliberated on the Africa we want!!! The solutions are right here in our midst ✊🏾

Join #AFROGEIGS on #GlobalSurgeryDay , May 25 at 17:30 EAT! Engage with Drs. Odubu, Alayande, Mukundwa & Prof. Maswime for impactful discussions 🌍 In collaboration with Intare Surgery Interest Group (ISIG) 🙌🏼 Don't miss out, register here: shorturl.at/mDENZ

Rhea Liang Ian Powell 💯 - zooming out to truly see the setting in which we DO surgery - learned from Salome Maswime #GlobalSurgery

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Ambassador David Martinon bestowed the National Order of Merit to businesswoman Phumzile Langeni for her efforts to further 🇫🇷🇿🇦 business relations and investment. She is the executive co-founder& chairperson of Afropulse, a #femaleowned investment company. Congratulations!

I'm constantly inspired by Salome Maswime's work. Let's bridge the gap in surgical SERVICES and surgical SYSTEMS, both globally and here in BC. To truly succeed, we need a #justculture in surgery everywhere. #NeverStopLearning #GlobalSurgery

Honoured to be a part of the Innovation in Global Surgery Advisory Group. Next meeting in Malawi #ICIGS 2025

“Learn their language” - As surgeons we need a dynamic mindset shift from “surgeon” to Surgeon-advocate. In the words of Salome Maswime “ advocacy IS part of your job as a surgeon”. If not us who will speak for the surgical patients??????? #globalsurgery #equity

We had a wonderful visit from the Provost of Old Dominion University in Virginia, Dr Austin Agho and Dr Jennifer Fish!!! Wonderful intersections between Global Surgery and health administration!!! #publichealth

Great joy to be visiting the thriving #globalsurgery department UCT 🇿🇦! Incredible educational, research and training programme. Thank you for the thought-provoking discussions today! Innovation for Global Surgery

Recommended:

The University of Alberta Office of Global Surgery is hosting a meeting at the Bethune Roundtable (BRT).

The BRT is an annual meeting on tackling the challenges of delivering surgical care to patients in low-resource settings.

📍Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The Africa we want!!! Looking forward to Africa Day 2024 health.uct.ac.za/events/africa-…

Start of the #influenza season in South Africa.
Calling all vulnerable groups - Please get your Influenza #vaccine ASAP
All front line #Healthcareworkers should be vaccinated to protect patients and the health system
UCT SAMRC Western Cape Gov

Academic moms deserve the world! Balancing motherhood with teaching, research, supervision, community engagement, research grants, mentoring…🎊❤️✅

We invite you to a special Valedictory Lecture on 22 May 24 from 18:00 delivered by the outgoing Head of the Department of Medicine, Prof Ntobeko Ntusi, titled 'Leading in Complexity - Reflections from a Chair of Medicine'.
RSVP Here: bit.ly/3y40ezN (link in bio)

[Meet] Prof Sudesh Sivarasu, Chair DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & INNOVATION /National Research Foundation of South Africa, SARChI Industrial Development in Biomedical Engineering and Innovation; Director: Biomedical Engineering Research Centre; Head: UCT MedTech UCT. He is nominated for the TW Kambule-NSTF Researcher Award, sponsored by proSET

Thanks so much to our amazing host Salome Maswime and your great team for hosting us. We conclude Innovations in Global Surgery 2024 inspired, educated, and challenged to do even better.

We shall see you all in #Malawi next year for #ICIGS2025