South African Society For Basic And Clinical Pharmacology
Health Care in Potchefstroom

While the Society always played a central role in promoting the science of basic and clinical phamacology in general, its enjoyed support from academic, industrial and professional practice spheres. The society also has played an important role in promoting pharmacology amongst our young scientists and recently also started an initiative to promote the science of pharmacology in the continent of Africa. The latter two persons were actually physiologists who headed departments of physiology and pharmacology and so the physiologists were also drawn into the fold. For many years the two Societies held joint Congresses. Bloemfontein and Medunsa did not exist, Rhodes did not have a Pharmacology Department and the other Pharmacy training institutions were at Colleges for Advanced Technical Education which likewise did not have Pharmacology Departments. The following year would see Prof. Perry Leary (with the Oxford accent) take over in Natal and join the Society. Prof. Gear and Prof. Furman both from Wits as well as Dr. Ralph Bernstein of the Blood Bank in Natal were early members and Prof. Peter Folb followed later when Prof. Sapieka retired. Such high tech items as overhead projectors were unknown so the really advanced speakers used slides that invariably ended up upside down, back to front, with broken glass or popped and jammed the projector. Poster presentations were an unheard of novelty that would be introduced some years later. According to the Society Constitution, the Board of Directors (at least 7) are elected at an Annual General Meeting (AGM) every three years. The Board then appoints from amongst itself the Officer Bearers (i.e. In addition, the Board may co-opt additional members to the Executive Committee (EXCO), to assist with specific tasks. We would appreciate the names & positions of previous management (EXCO members) marked with ?? The South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (SASBCP) is not currently formally divided into subdivisions. SASBCP is formally associated with the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology ( IUPHAR ). foster, promote, encourage, develop and support interest, teaching and research in basic and clinical pharmacology, promote communication and cooperation between societies and industry representing pharmacology and related disciplines, cooperate or associate, at the discretion of the Society, with state and provincial departments and local and other authorities, be proactive in the development of young scientists in basic and clinical pharmacology, support the development of leadership and capacity in the pharmacology community, including the redress of inequalities,