General anaesthesia for caesarean section entails the risk of life-threatening complications such as difficult airway management and aspiration pneumonia, and it is therefore recommended that it be avoided whenever possible in favour of neuraxial anaesthesia.

Obstetric airway management has long been associated with an increased risk of failed tracheal intubation and airway-related morbidity and mortality. However, there is little evidence that failed intubation rates have fallen despite recent advances in airway equipment and techniques.

Members of WFSA's Obstetric anaesthesia committee and experts in obstetrics anaesthesia from around the globe, offers an important contribution to improve patient care and access to safe peripartum care.