Chairperson’s Address
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WiSA New Secretariat
Dear WiSA members, please give a warm welcome to our new Secretariat:
- Chair – Mumba Chalwe (Zambia)
- Vice Chair – Fortunate Mudede (Zimbabwe)
- Treasurer – Francoise Mukagaju (Rwanda)
- Secretary General – Patricia Shinondo (Zambia)
- Education and Research Officer – Mwamba Mulenga (Zambia)
- Administration Officer – Lydia Nanjula (Uganda)
WISA Progress report – December 2022
Dr. Agneta Odera
WiSA Chairperson
3rd Dec 2022
WiSA December 2022 Newsletter
Message from Outgoing WiSA Chair
It has been a great pleasure and privilege working with you and serving you as capacity as Chair in
the last couple of years.
In Dec 2019, I was asked to reconsider taking a second term as chair. This was a position that I took
up after thoughtful and careful consideration knowing how young WiSA was as an organization
and the expected great journey of growth ahead.
Women in Surgery Africa (WiSA) Strategic Plan 2023-2026 Survey
Women in Surgery Africa is currently preparing its 3rd Strategic Plan for 2023-2026.
To inform the planning, we are holding a consultation process. We would love to hear your views on how WiSA can best serve you and effectively fulfill our mandate.
You can have your say by completing our short survey below or submitting a written proposal to wisa@cosecsa.org.
DEADLINE: 30th April 2022
Quote for March 2022
“Reach out to other women today and tell them one positive and motivational thing that you wish you had known and needed to hear 1 year ago from this day. Let us continue to expand the boundaries that define the realm of possibilities for women today”
By Dr Busi Mlambo,
General surgeon.
Zimbabwe.
2022 ACS-COSECSA Women Examination Scholarship for the 2022 COSECSA Exams
The program is open to senior female surgical trainees who are preparing to take this fellowship level examination in 2022. The award will be used towards fellowship examination expenses, including fellowship examination, examination travel and accommodation, graduation, and five-year membership dues to COSECSA and ACS.
2022 ACS-COSECSA Scholarship
The program is open to junior female surgical trainees enrolling in the COSECSA surgical fellowship program. The usage of this award is to register into the fellowship program.
Nominations for WISA Sub-Committees Positions
Announcement for call for nominations for WISA sub-committees positions to be made as from April to June 2022.
Strategic Plan 2023-2026
The Strategic plan for 2023-2026 call for consultative review process to be made on April 1st to June 2022.