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Event overview

Focused on emergency, critical and operative (ECO) care, this conference brings together the Pacific Island Surgeons Association (PISA), the Global Alliance for Surgical Obstetrics, Trauma and Anaesthesia Care (G4 Alliance), and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), along with other organisations, to discuss strengthening of ECO care systems in the Asia-Pacific region in an era of climate change.

Theme: From risk to resilience: health system sustainability in an era of climate change
Dates: 27–31 October 2025
Venue: University of Fiji, Samabula Campus, Suva, Fiji

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Why it matters

  Pacific Island nations face escalating health risks due to climate change, including:
  • rising disease burden from extreme weather and displacement
  • fragile health infrastructure and workforce shortages
  • limited access to surgical care, especially for NCDs
  • fragmented emergency and surgical systems
  • under-implemented national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plans (NSOAPs) and reliance on donor funding.

This meeting is positioned as a strategic intervention to catalyse regional collaboration and resilience.

Conference purpose

The event will convene leaders in surgical, obstetric anaesthesia, and emergency and critical care; public health; and climate resilience to:
  • advance the World Health Organisation (WHO) ECO Care Continuum in the Pacific
  • showcase country-level progress on NSOAPs
  • address gender equity, AI, antimicrobial resistance, and oncology
  • strengthen advocacy, financing, and regional partnerships.

Who should attend

  • Surgical, anaesthesia, obstetric, and emergency and critical care professionals.
  • RACS Fellows and leadership.
  • National surgical societies and academic institutions.
  • NGOs and global health advocates.
  • Climate health organisations.
  • Ministries of health and regional WHO representatives.
  • Donors, development partners, and philanthropic foundations

Why you should attend

  • Connect with global and regional leaders.
  • Shape climate-resilient health systems.
  • Engage in high-impact panels and consensus forums.
  • Join a movement for equitable surgical care in the Pacific region.