South African Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition (SASPEN)

SASPEN is the South African Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition. The Society is active in the Southern African region, promoting clinical nutrition.

SASPEN Objectives:
• To improve the management of Parenteral and Enteral nutrition in all its aspects in South Africa.
• To promote contact with international groups with similar objectives.
• To promote research into nutrition.
• To promote education at all levels in nutritional management.
• To provide funding for educational travel by its members or selected visitors.
• To organise regular regional and national symposia or congresses (including joint symposia/congresses with other Societies)
• To collect and administer funds in the furtherance of these objectives.
• To provide a central co-ordinating body for the various groups involved in Parenteral and Enteral nutrition in Southern Africa.