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WHX Cape Town

Emergency Medicine

Theme: Hospital Management Redefined: Strategies for operational excellence, patient-centric care, and sustainable growth in African healthcare

   

Overview

This year’s Emergency Medicine programme brings together leading experts, policymakers, and practitioners from across Africa and beyond to explore how emergency care systems can be strengthened to save lives and deliver lasting impact. Sessions will highlight the progress being made in emergency care across the continent, share lessons learned from regional and global initiatives, and examine how innovations, training, and system-wide improvements can elevate the quality and sustainability of emergency healthcare.

The programme will also showcase real-world experiences and models that demonstrate how effective policy, trauma care accreditation, and cross-sector collaboration can transform outcomes for patients, healthcare professionals, and communities.

Why you can't miss this:
  • Gain actionable insights: Learn best practices and strategies for building stronger emergency care systems, from policy development through to frontline patient care.

  • Discover African-led innovations: Explore how homegrown solutions are driving global impact and advancing the quality of emergency medicine across the continent.

  • Shape the future of emergency medicine: Participate in panel discussions that tackle the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the sector today.
Who should attend?

  • Emergency care practitioners/technicians

  • Emergency service providers (ESPs) 

  • Nurses     

  • EM registrars     

  • Academia     

  • Doctors/GPs      

  • Impact Managers/Directors   

  • Clinical Care Leaders   

  • Hospital Directors/ Managers   

  • Medical Directors; Nurse Leaders    

  • Heads of Department   

  • Administrators   

  • Emergency medicine physicians/consultants      

  • Emergency care practitioners/technicians       

  • Emergency service providers (ESPs)     

  • Nurses     

  • EM registrars     

  • Academia      

  • Doctors/GPs  

 
Chair:
Prof Feroza Motara
Prof Feroza Motara
President, Emergency Medicine
Society of South Africa (EMSSA)

Agenda

2nd September 2025

08:30
Session 1
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Conference Chair
08:40
African Emergency Care: Exceeding Expectations
Prof Heike Geduld
09:05
Beyond the ambulance: cultivating a learning culture in South Africa’s EMS for sustainable healthcare transformation
Dr Naseef Abdullah and Mr Naqeeb Majiet
09:25
African Solutions, Global Impact: Advancing Emergency Care Through BEC
Dr Meghan Botes, Dr Lauren Lai King and Dr Santel De Lange
10:30
Session 2
Building Emergency Healthcare Systems in Africa to Save Lives: The Kenyan Experience from Policy to Patient
Professor Ben Wachira
10:55
Trauma Accreditation, adding value to Emergency Medicine in Africa
Amanda Klette
11:15
Panel discussion:

Chair: Prof Sa'ad Lahri

Panellists: Dr Martin De Man, Dr Cornelle Dunn and Dr Boitumelo Kubeka

12:00
BREAK AND VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION

13:00
Session 3
Keynote
Prof Richard Matzopoulos
13:30
The rise of healthcare xenophobia in Johannesburg: stories from healthcare providers and patients
Dr Jana Du Plessis
13:50
Beyond X-Rays: Navigating the role of thoracic ultrasound in respiratory diagnostics in Africa
Prof Niel Van Hoving
14:15
Context is Not a Barrier: African Emergency Care and the Evolution of Best Practice
Prof Clint Hendrikse
14:55
Session 4
KEYNOTE: Where Systems Are Thin and Pain Resists Protocol: Violence, Ethics, and Competence on Emergency Care’s Hidden Frontlines
Wesley Craig
15:25
Emergency Medicine Care Pathways for human trafficking victims in the ED Person Centre trauma informed approach
Leanne Van Rooy
15:45
TBC
Darren Green
16:05
Lessons Learned: Effective Strategies in the Management of Organophosphate poisonings
Dr Craig Beringer

16:30
Closing remarks
Prof Feroza Mortara
WHX Cape Town
Cape Town International Convention Centre
Opening times

Tuesday, 2 Sep: 9am - 5pm

Wednesday, 3 Sep: 9am - 5pm

Thursday, 4 Sep: 9am - 4pm

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Discover 15 international exhibitions
Conferences
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Our commitment to hosting eco-friendly healthcare events around the world
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How WHX connects the global healthcare community
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