Dear Collegues - November 2024



Dear Colleagues –

Welcome to the final WFNS Newsletter of 2024!

The initial items are invitations to participate in 2 studies from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR):

- Global Neuro-Infections Outcome Study (GNIOS)
- Global Health Research Group ABSI Access to Rehabilitation Survey

Next is a biography of the first woman to become a neurosurgeon in Britain, Diana Beck.

This is followed by reports from several of the WFNS Committees – containing descriptions of many recent past and upcoming WFNS conferences and other Committee activities.

Next are reports of recent WFNS courses and conferences:
- Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) Conference, Birmingham UK, 25-27 Sep
- Southeast Europe Neurosurgical Society (SeENS) Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 9-11 Oct
- European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) Congress, Sofia, Bulgaria, 13-17 Oct
- Latin American Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (CLAN) Congress, Santiago, Chile, 20-25 Oct
- Serbian Neurosurgical Society (SNSS) Belgrade, Serbia, 31 Oct - 3 Nov

Announcements regarding major upcoming conferences through early 2025:
- Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies (CAANS), Kinshasa, DRC, and Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, 26-30 Nov
- 11th Meeting, Young Neurosurgeons, State of São Paulo & 7th Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgical Approaches, São Paulo, 12-14 Dec
- Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons (ACNS), Cairo, Egypt, 18-20 Dec
- WFNS Educational Course, Karachi, 24-26 Jan 2025
- 10th Annual Winter Meeting of the Ukrainian Association of Neurosurgeons, Bukovel, 20-22 Feb
- Society of British Neurological Surgeons Spring Meeting, Belfast, 12-14 Mar

Best wishes to everyone until the next WFNS Newsletter in January 2025!

Amaya Alvarez Aquino Russell Andrews
Katenga Dieu Merci Kabulo
Angelos Kolias Lynne Lucena Oluwamayowa Opara

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