The attacks on healthcare are a shocking reality of ongoing violent conflicts. Healthcare workers are being attacked, kidnapped, and killed. Healthcare facilities are damaged, looted, and bombed. The right to health is not upheld – populations suffering from the consequences of armed conflicts are not able to access the much needed services. In recent years, […]
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In preparation for the third UN HLM on NCDs, the WHO Global Dialogue on Partnerships for Sustainable Financing of Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention and Control took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from the 9th until the 11th of April. IFMSA was represented by the Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues, Sanne de Wit. Additionally IFMSA partnered in […]
read more »We live in one of the most fragile eras since the end of the Cold War. With rising political tension and sharp nuclear rhetorics, the world faces several challenges in its approach to the world’s nuclear arsenal. While making up the largest percentage of the world’s population, being born after the Second World War and […]
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Between March 10th and March 14th, two separate medical education conferences were jointly organized for the first time in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The 18th OTTAWA Conference and the International Conference on Medical Education (ICME) gathered more than 1000 delegates from over 40 countries to discuss all things medical and health professions’ education. IFMSA […]
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Dear NMOs and Medical Students worldwide, The European Sting is a political newspaper that aims to bring unbiased and trustworthy information to their readers not only about European Affairs but about almost any political, economic and social topic. Furthermore, the Sting welcomes its readers to take part in this constructive and critical dialogue! As per the IFMSA’s partnership with the Sting, any medical student worldwide is able to […]
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From March 13th to 17th, IFMSA sent a delegation to the WONCA VII Iberoamerican Summit and II Andean Congress in Cali, Colombia. To advocate for the IFMSA priorities in fields related to the work of the family doctors in The Americas’ Region After several months of preparations and work, the members from the Americas the region made an excellent […]
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“Today’s seeds…..Tomorrow’s plants” Research is a cornerstone in the development of medical sciences and the promotion of healthcare delivery around the globe. It requires enormous collaborative efforts to meet the diversity and complexity of patients’ needs. Unfortunately, medical students do not always have the opportunity to participate in a research project while in medical school. […]
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Dear IFMSA members, We would like to share with you the outcomes of the Theme Event: The Road Towards Universal Health Coverage, which was held during the 67th IFMSA March Meeting 2018 in Hurghada, Egypt. IFMSA has received a video message from WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, encouraging and supporting IFMSA members to work towards achieving […]
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Although LGBTQ community have got is fair bit of share in human rights across the western countries, Asia still is very sceptical about them. Even today because of the largely patriarchal and conservative society, the violence lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people face is often from their own families, who beat them to make […]
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FARMACRITICXS In January 2018, Carolina Guadarrama Guerra and other Medical students from IFMSA-Spain organized the latest phase of their activity, Farmacriticxs under Ethical Research and Ethical financing. Farmacriticxs is a citizen lead platform, promoted and initiated by medical students of IFMSA-Spain, born from the need for critical thinking by physicians and the health systems in […]
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