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The second edition of Innovate4AMR is now here! Antibiotics are the cornerstone of many miracles in medicine, from cancer chemotherapy to organ donation. The loss of effective antibiotics would mean reverting back to a time when simple infections might become untreatable. That is why IFMSA, ReAct, the World Health Organization, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of […]

ECOSOC Youth Forum 2019 or ”The Youth-nited Nations!’‘ The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum 2019 took place on 8-9 April in United Nations Headquarters building in New York, USA. The main idea behind the event is to provide a platform for young leaders from around the world to engage in a dialogue among […]

Between the 13th and 16th of April 2019, the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations attended the 29th European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), which took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Following the adoption of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Trainee Association of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (TAE/ESCMID), […]

In your academic path as a future health provider, were you taught to treat diseases or people who have diseases? Consider the clinical case of a patient with various symptoms. If it came up on a test, the following question would be “how should you proceed next?”. That will lead you to follow specific guidelines […]

Discrimination is the act to differentiate and separate. It enables us to classify information and to learn easier, however it can also act as a tool for us to set people apart from one another in order to maintain the power structures of the society and protect our privileges. Being a recognisable social stressor that […]

Youth Hub Call for Members The Global Health Workforce Network Youth Hub is now open for membership! The Youth Hub is an intersectoral, inter-professional community of practice hosted by the Global Health Workforce Network and the Health Workforce Department at the World Health Organization. The hub is concerned with youth employment in health and social […]

Summary:   Background: Call for Participants for IFMSA- AMEEMR – GOSA Social Accountability Online Course Information summary: In a first of its kind collaboration, IFMSA will be working with AMEEMR and GOSA to deliver an Online Social Accountability Course aiming to empower participants to actively participate and be engaged in the processes of transformation towards […]

The 52nd session of Commission on Population and Development, organized by the Population Division of United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), took place from the 1st to 5th of April in New York, USA. The meeting has a very close connection to sexual and reproductive health and rights area, which is one […]

One third of the world population does not have regular access to essential medicines and this number is on the rise.   A wave of oncology patients in dire need of a wide array of treatments in Gaza is surfacing and they are facing obstacles in accessing the medicines and treatment they need. When medical […]

Summary: 1. Background: Registrations for the World Healthcare Students’ Symposium 2019 are now open! 2. Information summary: The World Healthcare Students’ Symposium is a multidisciplinary, international gathering of students, featuring a variety of talks, workshops and events. This 4 day event promises to be an exciting opportunity to learn and tackle global health challenges and […]