Donors
WFSA’s mission is uniting and empowering anaesthesiologists around the world to improve patient care. We would like to extend a special thank you to all of our donors who make the delivery of this mission possible.
Global Impact Partners
The Laerdal Foundation
Our partnership focuses on the development of our ‘Safer C-Section’ course to be piloted in Tanzania in 2026. This course instructs on the management of obstructed labour including through caesarean section.
Corporate Donors
Gradian Health Systems
Gradian Health Systems is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) taking place in Marrakech, Morroco, in 2026.
Helmier
With support from Helmier, WFSA early-career anaesthesiologists from Africa can undertake fellowships in India across a variety of subspecialties.
Vifor Pharma
Our collaboration has seen successful pilots of our Perioperative Patient Blood Management (PPBM) course in Colombia and Romania. We have also recently launched an innovation award focusing on blood health.
Non-Profit & Philanthropic Donors
Assist International
With support from Assist International, we are able to offer two critical care fellowships hosted by Christian Medical College in Vellore, India.
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (EKFS)
In partnership with EKFS, we are responding to the anaesthesia and surgical crisis in Africa, through the delivery training in Safer Anaesthesia From Education (SAFE), fellowships and scholarships.
Global Health Partnerships
In partnership with GHP, we are adapting our Perioperative Patient Blood Management (PPBM) course for low resource settings. We are also undertaking a more detailed study into PPBM readiness in Ethiopia.
Mercy Ships
Mercy Ships is an important partner in the delivery of the Safer Anaesthesia From Education (SAFE) programme.
Operation Smile
Operation Smile is an important partner in the delivery of the Safer Anaesthesia From Education (SAFE) programme. Operation Smile is also supporting an innovation award in Cleft Lip and Palate Disease (CLPD).
SmileTrain
This partnership has made possible the delivery of SAFE paediatric training, congress scholarships, and fellowships. We have also delivered advocacy on the importance of anaesthesia for Cleft Lip and Palate Disease (CLPD)
Professional and Specialist Society Donors
Africa Regional Section (ARS)
ARS is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) taking place in Marrakech, Morroco, in 2026.
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF)
APSF is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) taking place in Marrakech, Morroco, in 2026.
Asian & Australasian Regional Section (AARS)
AARS is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) taking place in Marrakech, Morroco, in 2026.
Association of Anaesthetsist (AA)
We continue to deliver our Safer Anaesthesia From Education (SAFE) programme in partnership with AA. The Association is also supporting scholarships to the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Marrakech, Morroco.
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)
As part of our new two-year MOU with ANZCA, we are able to offer fellowships and scholarships. Our partnership also extends to the delivery of SAFE in Vanuatu through ANZCA’s Health Equity Projects Fund (HEPF).
Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA)
With continued support from the ASA, the WFSA is able to offer fellowships across sub-specialities such as cardiac, regional, and obstetric anaesthesia as part of WFSA’s Global Fellowship Programme.
Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society International Education Foundation (CASIEF)
CASIEF is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) taking place in Marrakech, Morroco, in 2026.
Korean Society of Anesthesiologists (KSA)
KSA is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) taking place in Marrakech, Morroco, in 2026.
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA)
With ongoing support from SPA, the WFSA is able to offer paediatric anaesthesia fellowships as part of WFSA’s Global Fellowship Programme.
SPANZA
In partnership with SPANZA, we are able to offer fellowship places in paediatric anaesthesia at the Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, India, for the next three years.
Academic Donors
University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
UCSF is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) taking place in Marrakech, Morroco, in 2026.
Vanderbilt University Medical Centre (VUMC)
In partnership with VUMC, we are providing fellowships as part of the Pediatric Anesthesia Training in Africa (PATA) initiatve.
