Doctors Without Borders – IMSA-Iran

Name of the activity: Doctors Without Borders

Country/NMO: IMSA-Iran

Program: Emergency, Disaster Risk & Humanitarian Action

Contact information: contact [email protected] to get in touch with the Activity Coordinator

Type of the activity: First-time Activity

Category: Education

Focus area: Access to care in disaster/emergency contexts, Populations in emergency, disaster and post-disaster settings

Sustainable Development Goals addressed: SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), SDG 17 (Partnerships)

Problem statement:

MSF provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters, and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed, or political convictions. According to a poll conducted on Imsa Sari’s Instagram page, 70% of students have only heard the name of this organization and do not have complete information about the activities of this organization.

Target groups:

• Medical students
• Healthcare Students
• Doctors
• Other health professionals

Beneficiaries:

• General population
• Medical students
• Healthcare Students
• Doctors
• Other health professionals
• Youth

Objectives:

• Familiarization of medical students with the structure and field of Médecins Sans Frontières through a webinar on November 21 on the adobe connect platform
• Informing medical students on the Instagram page and IMSA_SARI’s channel about the activities of Doctors Without Borders organization in different countries from November 17 to November 20.

Indicators of Success:

• At least 50 medical students participate in a webinar on the subject of the structure and goals of  Doctors Without Borders organization, which will be held on November 20 on the adobe connect platform.
• Assessing and analyzing the basic knowledge of the target community before the webinar and after the webinar as a pre-test and post-test in understanding the structure and goals of  Doctors Without Borders organization- at least 20% progress of the target population
• Increase the information of medical students about the humanitarian actions of  Doctors Without Borders organization by 30%, which is evaluated through pre-test and post-test.
• The average number of views per story is 70 and the number of likes on Instagram posts reaches at least 100 likes in two days.

Methodology:

In phase zero, the executive team is selected and the division of labor takes place.

In the first phase, content related to the topic is collected and translated.

Then, in the second phase, the graphic team designs the infographic.

The fourth phase is the phase of publishing prepared posts. The first post will be posted as a video on November 16 on the Imsa-Sari’s page. In the second post, we will announce the time of the webinar and its platform.

The fifth phase is the formation of a telegram group for members to provide the meeting link to the members half an hour before the webinar.

Finally, in the sixth phase, we will hold a webinar virtually with the presence of the relevant professor on November 20 on the adobe connect platform.

Plans for evaluation:

Assessing and analyzing the basic knowledge of the target community before the webinar and after the webinar as a pre-test and post-test quantitatively in the field of information about Doctors Without Borders organization.

External collaborations:

none