There is perhaps no more desultory sight than an empty exhibition hall where a mere few hours before, likeminded colleagues from 84 countries were passing around business cards, exhibitors were eating the delicious Magnum ice-creams at the  MediClinic stand and accreditation bodies from Tajikistan were handing out chocolates…

But life moves on. We will soon be posting a gallery of photographs about the conference so watch this space. Here’s some to go on with….

Above left: COHSASA personnel entered into the African theme by wearing traditional dress. This included CEO, Jacqui Stewart, in red. She is pictured with (from left) Zanele Maweyi, Thandeka Miller, Mtisunge Chiotha and COHSASA Chair, Sharon Slabbert. Above right: COHSASA personnel and Board members at the COHSASA stand. Notice the little penguin mascot, Pumza, which travelled all the way from Kuala Lumpur to Cape Town for the first Africa conference held by ISQua.