pan-african paediatric surgical association pan-african paediatric surgical association pan-african paediatric surgical association (papsa) is an organisation established in 1994 to promote the practice of paediatric surgery in africa, improvement of research, interchange of ideas and sharing of knowledge and expertise for the benefit of the children of africa. as of 2022, there have been 15 annual paediatric surgical conferences under papsa. prof. alp numanoglu is the president of papsa and dr adesoji o. ademuyiwa is the general secretary. history during the 38th british association of paediatric surgeons (baps) conference in budapest in 1991, the concept of an association representing africa was proposed with 9 paediatric surgeons from africa who attended the meeting. as the idea needed international recognition and support, the world federation of associations of pediatric surgeons (wofaps) gave support during the development phases of the as yet to be established association. papsa conferences 1st papsa conference: 1994: nairobi, kenya 2nd papsa conference: 1996: cairo, egypt 3rd papsa conference: 1998: cape town, south africa 4th papsa conference: 2001: abidjan, cote d'ivoire 5th papsa conference: 2002: cairo, egypt 6th papsa conference: 2004: lake malawi 7th papsa conference 2005: alexandria, egypt 8th papsa conference: 2006: mombasa, kenya 9th papsa conference: 2008: accra, ghana 10th papsa conference: 2010: dar es salam, tanzania 11th papsa conference: 2012: cape town, south africa 12th papsa conference: 2014: cairo, egypt 13th papsa conference: 2016: lagos, nigeria 14th papasa conference: 2018: addis ababa, ethiopia 15th papsa conference: 2020: virtual