Ethiopian association of anesthetists (EAA) is a non governmental professional organization legally established in Ethiopia in 1992. It has re registered in accordance with the new Charities and Societies Agency proclamation of the Ethiopian government on October 28, 2009, as Ethiopian Residents Charity with a registration number 0043& renewed till March 2018. Since its establishment, EAA has been conducting annual refresher and technical update training for anesthesia professionals, mentoring anesthesia training and service provided, participating in the development of national health plans and strategies, developing professional guidelines, scope and standards of practice, participating in the national licensing and medico-legal stream committee, strengthening of human resource for health, capacitate and mobilize local and international membership, provide psycho social and financial support for the needy members with the major objectives of improving the quality of anesthesia care service at national level.

Thus, EAA has a total number of 22 staff members (4 Project Staffs, 8 Executive Board Members, and 11 Regional representatives) in all its sites to make sure that these programs are run as per their standards towards the set goal.
EAA will strive and continue to bring quality anesthesia service by building the capacity of its own staffs and partners through various capacity building events such as training, organizing experience sharing events, coaching etc. In order to enable them to improve their partnership scores, develop, implement and monitor projects efficiency and effectiveness.