- Exploration of priority areas and synergies among organizations to maximize impact and drive sustainable progress in surgical and anesthesia access

- Discussion the global agenda that World Health Organization is working on, with an emphasis on surgical and anesthesia healthcare within universal health coverage

This meeting will focus on:

- Overview of efforts since WHA 68.15 and access to surgical and anesthesia healthcare as component of Universal Health Coverage

Welcome to AAGS Committees!

- First AAGS sponsorship of a WHA side event
@who.int
- First AAGS Pin design
- First AAGS post on Threads and on BlueSky

…and so much more!

We hope you will join us for many more firsts in 2025!

-First AAGS/Operation Smile Travel Scholarship
@incisionglobal.bsky.social
- First AAGS Future Leader Scholarship
- First AAGS Forum on academic global surgery program accreditation
- First collaboration with a scientific Journal, Journal of Global Surgery

2024 was an exciting year full of firsts for AAGS;
- First AAGS VPE and VPI joined Executive Committee
- First AAGS in person session was held in an LMIC (Sierra Leone)
- First collaboration with West African College of Surgeons

Thank you to the AAGS Nominating Committee, and Leadership & Institutional Representatives Council for their support of the elections!