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tive and advocacy position in this area. He

also emphasized the need for e-learning in

the training of surgeons in the region. This

ties in well with the current efforts by the

RCSI and RCS Ed in e-learning projects

with COSECSA.

The meeting was very well organized with

full scientific and social programmes.

At the AGM, Rwanda was formally admit-

ted as the 9th member country of CO-

SECSA. Following this it was unanimously

agreed that Rwanda will host the 2009

AGM and Scientific Conference. Two new

members from Rwanda were admitted into

the COSECSA council. These are Dr Alex

Butera Orthopaedic Surgeon and current

President of this Rwanda Surgical Society;

and Dr Emmanuel Kayibanda general sur-

geon and current General Secretary of the

Rwanda Surgical Society. Welcome to CO-

SECSA Rwanda.

ASEA / COSECSA AGM AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE: MAPUTO MOZAMBIQUE. DECEMBER 2008

The above conference was held at the

Faculty of Medicine of the Eduardo

Mondlane University in Maputo Mo-

zambique. This is the third time for

Mozambique to host the annual AGM/

Scientific conference of ASEA/

COSECSA.

International delegates present in-

cluded:

· John Orr President of the Royal

College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

· Prof Frank Keane President of this

Royal College of Surgeon in Ireland;

leading a team from the RCSI includ-

ing Shaun Tierny, Fiona Walsh and

Tawfik Rushdie.

· Lindsay Stewart, who presided

over the presentation Lindsay Steward

Award.

· Bob Lane, the Rahima Dawood

Traveling Fellow for 2008.

· Jimmi Coker Representing the

Association of Surgeons of Great

Britain and Ireland (ASGBI). He is

the current chair of Overseas Fellow-

ships.

· Denis Robson from Johnson and

Johnson Ethicon.

· Dr Andrew Howard Representing

the PTOLEMY Project and the Cana-

dian Office of International Surgery.

The guest of Honour was Prof Ma-

mundo R Ismail, the Dean of Medi-

cine at Eduardo Mondlane University.

In his remarks he welcome all dele-

gates and commended COSECSA for

its ideals of championing and harmo-

nizing surgical training in the region;

as well as the ideal of placing trained

surgeons in rural areas. He also em-

phasized the need of training non-

doctor surgeons to fill gaps where

there are no surgeons in the region.

He urged COSECSA to take a proac-

COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

Incorporating ASSOCIATION OF SURGEONS OF EAST AFRICA

Group photo. Maputo AGM

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RAHIMA DAWOOD TRAVELLING FELLOW 2008 The RDFT was started in 1987 following a meet-

ing between Dr Yusuf Kodwavwala and Tom

Mcnair, the then president of RCS(Ed). 2008 was

the 21st anniversary of the Rahima Dawood Trav-

eling Fellowship. The fellowship linked ASEA

and the Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh to

alternately fund a Traveling Fellow who tours

some ASEA COSECSA countries just prior to the

AGM and crowns it all by giving an oration at the

opening ceremony of the conference.

The 2008 RDTF was Bob Lane. He has been

linked with COSECSA as an external examiner

and Trainer of Trainers. His oration touched on

many issues including the challenges of surgical

training in the COSECSA region; the roles of a

surgeon; brain drain of surgeons from the region;

and the role of non–doctor surgeons. This was a

really detailed analysis of the challenges of sur-

gery in the region.

FAREWELL CHRISTINE EVANS

Christine Evans has been associated with COSECSA

from its inception. She has been an external examin-

ers and has conducted examiners training courses for

the college. COSECSA has benefited greatly from

the input of Christine Evans.

As recognition of her contribution to COSECSA as

an examiner and trainer of trainers, Christine Evans

was given a special award from Johnson and John-

son. The award was presented by Prof Jimmy James

RDTF 2008 Bob Lane (l) receiving scroll and medal from John Orr,

President of RCSED

Christine Evans receiving award from Prof Jimmy James

Guest of Honour Prof M R Ismail

New Rwandan Council members Dr E Kayibanda (l) and Dr Alex

Butera

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INTERNATIONAL LINKS ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ED-

INBURGH

The President of Royal College of Surgeons of

Edinburgh, John Orr attended the meeting. The

RCS Ed is committed to continuing support with

training of examiners; support for the Basic Sur-

gical skill courses; and look to facilitating spe-

cific exchange programmes for surgeons from

the region to gain specialist knowledge in spe-

cific areas in the UK. The overall aim is to pro-

mote self sufficiency and sustainable training of

surgeons to the region.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN

IRELAND (RCSI)

President of the RCSI Frank Kean attended the

meeting underlying the very strong links now

fully established between COSECSA and RCSI.

The RCSI, with funding from the Irish govern-

ment, has supported COSECSA financially and is

working with COSECSA in various areas includ-

ing:

· Surgical Training via online access to the

School of Surgeons of the RCSI

· Conducting Basic Science Courses for mem-

bership candidates in the region.

· Capacity building of examiners for COSECSA

by facilitating exchange visits and examiners

courses of COSECSA examiners to attend pro-

grammes and examine at the RCSI

Development and strengthening of COSECSA

offices in Arusha with the eventual aim of CO-

BRAIMBRIDGE PRIZE

The Braimbridge prize, named after the first president

of ASEA, is given to a young surgeon qualified for less

than 10 years whose paper is judged as the best overall

paper at the scientific conference. The recipient for

2007 was Dr Eva De Mateyo.

LINDSAY STEWART AWARD Lindsay Stewart, at a spritely 82 years young

was personally in attendance to give the

Lindsay Stewart Award to Surgical trainees

who had secured bursaries for travel and ac-

commodation to attend the scientific confer-

ence. The aim of the award is to encourage

research among surgical trainees in the region

and to present at the scientific conference.

Three awardees received the bursaries. These

were:

· Dr Michael Moshi Tanzania

· Dr Sitati Kenya

· Dr Msasamure Zimbabwe

Those awarded the bursary must have their

abstract accepted for presentation at the sci-

entific conference.

Trustees of the Lindsay Stewart Award are

Prof J James and Dr Yusuf Kodwavwala. An-

nually £2000 is awarded and can be shared

by up to 4 trainees. Lindsay Stewart Presenting his Award to Dr Collin Msasa-

nure

Dr Eva De Mateyo

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SECSA functions in individual COSECSA countries.

The RCSI is aware of the challenge of surgical training in this region and aspires to help by training Afri-

can surgeons for Africa; developing centres of excellence within the region for surgical training and explor-

ing how they can assist in the training of non-doctor surgeons to deliver surgical care in the region.

To facilitate the links with COSECSA the RCSI has appointed a new project Manager,

Roger Duggan who has now taken over from Tawfik Rushdie as the COSECSA project manager at RCSI.

We wish Roger a successful association with COSECSA.

ASSOCATION OF SURGEONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (ASGBI)

The ASGBI was represented by Mr Jimmi Coker. ASGBI aims to assist surgical trainees from the CO-

SECSA region by awarding them scholarships to attend the ASGBI scientific meeting. Application proce-

dures are available on the ASGBI website on www.asgbi.org.uk/glasgow.

PTOLEMY PROJECT/CANADIAN OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SURGERY

The Ptolemy project continues to provide free access to the electronic data base at University of Toronto

Library for surgeons in the region. They also continue to support the ‘Surgery in Africa’ monthly reviews

which are now a mandatory CME / CPD for all COSECSA surgical trainees. The Canadian Office of Inter-

national surgery continues to offer scholarships to the Bethune Round Table for surgeons from the region

whose abstracts are accepted. Dr Andrew Howard represented Ptolemy Project and he also participated as

an external examiner.

Clockwise from top left: RCSI team Sean Tierny, Fiona Walsh, Tawfik Rushdie; Jimmi Coker repre-

senting ASGBI; COSECSA –RCSEd Signing of MOU by COSECSA President Abednego Kinasha and

RCSED President John Orr—looking on COSECSA Vice Presidents Fred Mutyaba (l) and Chris

Samkange.

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COSECSA Examinations

In total 25 candidates sat for college examinations. 14 of these were sitting membership examinations and the remaining 11 sat

for fellowship examinations (4 in general surgery, 3 in orthopaedics, 2 in plastic surgery and 2 in urology).

The outcome of the result were as follows:

Examination No. Sat No. Passed Best Candidate

MCS 14 13 Anthony M Maina (Kenya)

FCS (General Surgery) 4 1 Robson Ssebuufu (Uganda)

FCS (Ortho) 2 2 Mark Ben Lutonia (Kenya)

FCS (Plastic) 2 1 George William Galiwango

FCS (Urol) 2 2 Kasonde Bowa (Zambia)

All candidates who sat examinations and were success-

ful are:

MCS

Anthony M Maina Kenya

Francis Mbungwa Kimani Kenya

Valentine Mandizvidza Zimbabwe

Frehin Ayela Ethiopia

Kitanda Sondashi Zambia

Daniel Makawa Zambia

Mark Eighlenhenrio Zambia

Mukungu Kafwamfwa Zambia

Miriam Miambo Zambia

Mitesh Patel Zambia

Joseph Musowoya Zambia

Dixon Chabwela Shumba Zambia.

FCS (Ortho)

Mark Ben Lutonia

Tom Seikei Mogire

FCS (Plastic)

Galiwango George William

FCS (Urol)

John Kachimba

Kasonde Bowa

Congratulations to all the successful candidates and thanks to the

local organizers for a successful organization of the examina-

tions. Special thanks also go to the external examiners who as-

sisted in the examination process. These were: Christine Evans,

Bob Lane, Fabio Ferri de Baris, Andrew Howard, Prof Jimmy

James.

Awards to best students were presented by the President of RCSI Prof F Keane. Dr K

Bowa left picture and Dr Maina.

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REGIONAL MEETING AUGUST 2009

The August 2009 regional meeting was held at Zanzibar Beach Resort in Zanzi-

bar Tanzania. The meeting was opened by the President of Zanzibar His Excel-

lency Karume. It was a very well attended and organized meeting. We thank

over Tanzania colleagues for their usual hospitality.

After the scientific meeting the RCSI organized leadership development work-

shop for COSECSA council members. The facilitators for this workshop from

the RCSI Institutes of Leadership and Health Care Management were Dermot O

Flynn, Director of Corporate Training and Development and Ms Tina Joyce, Di-

rector of Operation. They tackled areas including:

· Leadership

· Team Performance

· SWOT Analysis

· Change management and influencing change.

This was a very useful course for COSECSA council members. Thanks to the

RCSI for organising this workshop.

Opening ceremony Zanzibar Regional Meeting. Group photo with guest of

honour His Excellency President Karume of Zanzibar (seated centre)

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RCSI Leadership Workshop for COSECSA Council. Top: workshop in pro-

gress. Bottom group photo with Tina Joyce and Dermot O’Flynn.

COSECSA COUNCIL DINNER AT MAPUTO AGM FUNDED BY ETHICON : Facing camera l to r: John Orr

President RCSEd, Dennis Robson, Abed Kinasha President COSECSA, Steve Brockie

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COSECSA (ASEA) COUNCIL 2008

President: Dr A Kinasha Tanzania V.President (ASEA): Mr F Mutyaba Uganda V. President (COSECSA): Mr C Samkange Zimbabwe Sec General: Prof S Ogendo Kenya Asst. Sec General: Dr E Naddumba Uganda Treasurer: Dr Adem Ali Ethiopia Country Representatives: Ethiopia: Dr T Ersumo (COSECSA), Dr T Chaka (ASEA) Kenya: Dr M Okech (COSECSA), Dr J Omondi (ASEA) Malawi: Prof E. Borgstein (COSECSA), Prof N Mkandawire (ASEA) Mozambique: Dr H de Miranda (COSECSA), Dr D Mapasse (ASEA) Tanzania: Dr R Mhina (COSECSA), Dr M Mchembe (ASEA) Zambia: Mr D Mugala (COSECSA), Dr L Chikoya (ASEA) Zimbabwe: Mr S. Makarawo (COSECSA), Mr G Vera (ASEA) Uganda: Dr J Foulalau (COSECSA), Dr K Ssebale (ASEA)

Editor of the ECAJS: Prof Ignatius Kakande (ex officio) Overseas Fellows Representatives

Prof J James (Tanzania and United Kingdom)

Prof C Lavy (United Kingdom)

Chairmen Standing Committees: Education and Scientific Committee: Prof M Labib (Zambia) Examinations and Credentials Committee: Prof P Jani (Kenya) Finance and General Purposes Committee: Dr Y Kodwavwala (Kenya)

Published with the compliments of Ethicon Limited, Scotland. The Value of Working Together

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