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ISPN presidential address 2018. Paediatric neurosurgery: Africa is our future

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the members of the ISPN for the honour of serving as your president, and my colleagues on the Executive Board for their contributions over the past year. Thank you to Dr. David Roytowski for introducing me to the concept of the value proposition, to Dr. Nelleke Langerak for the assistance with Fig. 8, and to Professor Matthew Wood for his thought-provoking discussions. I would like to acknowledge my colleagues in Cape Town and above all, Karen for your faith in Africa and setting the example as the finest children’s doctor I know, and my family for your constant support.

This address is dedicated to the memory of my colleague and friend, the late Professor Bongani Mayosi, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, who devoted his life to improving the lives of all Africans through science.

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Fieggen, A.G. ISPN presidential address 2018. Paediatric neurosurgery: Africa is our future. Childs Nerv Syst 35, 1637–1647 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-019-04337-3

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