Asia South Pacific Ostomy Association

The ASPOA is a merger of ostomy affiliations involving the distinctive nations in the Region. We are under the umbrella of the International Ostomy Association. As an area, we look for a high enthusiasm for stoma human services and the general prosperity for building and strenghtening relationship in various nations. In 1991, at the IOA World Congress held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, IOA just had three Regional Groups. There were as yet no formal territorial groupings in Asia and the South Pacific. Amid the Congress, delegates from the Asian and the South Pacific nations present had two casual gatherings. The South Pacific representatives from Australia and New Zealand said they were prepared to shape a Regional Association for the South Pacific Region covering Australia, New Zealand, Papua/New Guinea, Fiji, and other South Pacific Island nations. The representatives from Asian nations present, to be specific Japan, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, India and Malaysia likewise felt that Asia was prepared to frame a Regional Association. These six nations were at that point full individuals from IOA, and also South Korea and Singapore. It was likewise realized that there were care groups in Taiwan, the Philippines, and potentially other Asian nations too. As needs be, an accord was touched base at that there was a honest to goodness and earnest need to make a durable and compelling bond among these nations and connected with the IOA, so that the welfare of ostomates would be taken care of, and that ostomy models and care would be enhanced wherever conceivable. This was a honorable point, yet it was understood that it was an impressive errand which must be embraced critically for the shared advantage of the Asian and the South Pacific ostomates.                                                          

A choice was made to make a meeting in Hobart, Australia, in May 1992 in conjunction with the Australian Council of Stoma Associations (ACSA), of agents from the different Asian nations and from Australia and New Zealand so as to talk about the requirements of the Asian and Pacific nations in a formal gathering climate. It was further recommended that the examinations be led by the Immediate Past President of IOA, Mr. Howard Jones. A letter to this impact was sent to all the Asian and Pacific nations worried by Mr. John O'Neill, the officeholder president of the Federation of New Zealand Ostomy Associations. Mr. O'Neill had before been designated by the IOA to arrange this activity to shape Regional Associations for the Asian and additionally the South Pacific Regions. The same letter requested every one of the nations worried to make a review and give an account of the circumstance and conditions in the separate nations, with accentuation on deficiencies. issues, challenges and insufficiencies, and every other region which may profit by help from the territorial gathering. The letter likewise asked that the report ought to cover restorative/surgical guidelines for ostomates. It was focused on that the report ought to be as far reaching as could be expected under the circumstances, and that, ideally, it be submitted to the organizer, John O'Neill, by the 30th of September 1991.