International Federation of Medical Students' Associations, representing 139 national member organizations in 129 countries | medical students worldwide
We are honored to congratulate
@DrTedros
with his nomination for
@WHO
Director-General for the next term. We appreciate your commitment to meaningfully engage youth in global health governance at the highest level and look forward to expanding this together in the upcoming years!
@DrTedros
we congratulate you on the appointment for
@WHO
Director General for the second term. We are positive that another years of further meaningful
#youth
engagement in global health decision-making lie ahead of us!
#WHA75
#Youth4Health
As Steering Committee Members of the WHO youth council we are indeed very excited about its launch and look forward to working towards more Meaningful Youth Engagement with the
@WHO
, together! Thank you for the continued support,
@DrTedros
!
Yes, we established the first WHO youth council. We are working closely with the big six. Look forward to mobilising the youth in partnership with the youth council (big six)
Thank you all for joining our space “Youth Road to WHA”, specifically
@Drtedros
+
@WHO
staff for listening to our ideas. We look forward to implementing them, together!
#Youth4Health
“Let peace and understanding be the antidote to war” - said
@DrTedros
during his election speech for
@WHO
DG for the second term. Peace is fundamental for safe and equitable access to healthcare.
#Youth4Peace
#Youth4Health
#WHA75
“I have 3 messages for you, young people:
1) Take care of your own health;
2) Advocate for health;
3) Serve your communities.”
-
@DrTedros
,
@WHO
Director General, addressing some inspiring words to young global health advocates, in parallel of
#WHA72
.
#Youth4Health
“We depend on
#Youth
engagement to hold
@WHO
, international community & national institutions accountable for the promises we make.”
-
@DrTedros
call at youth to shape the access & delivery of socially accountable education & healthcare in all countries at IFMSA Theme Event.🙌🏽
@BTS_twt
on the importance of not losing your voice and not quitting. “I ask all of you... what makes your heart beat? Share your story. No matter who you are, speak yourself and find your voice by speaking yourself.”
#UNGA
#Youth2030
#GenUnlimited
"Medicine is more than just becoming a doctor. primary healthcare in achieving universal health coverage"
-Claude Nsabimana, OC Chair, March Meeting 2020
Kigali, Rwanda
The 69th IFMSA GA has officially been declared open!
#Youth4Health
#UniversalHealthCoverage
The world of Universal Health Coverage needs more young people!
With the multistakeholder hearing on the way,
@IFMSA
presents its two policy briefs on
#YouthEngagement
and
#SRHR
in
#UHC
! Join us in our advocacy towards the world's leaders to transform these calls into action!
Thank you
@DrTedros
of
@WHO
for your warm greeting and the continuous support of youth health work! The future of Global Health is young and ambitious!
#Youth4Health
#Youth4UHC
We are present at
@WHO
144th Executive Board Meeting, representing future health professionals + young people. Opening words from Dr Tedros that
#youth
'have ideas that can change the world' - we are ready to advocate + innovate for
#HealthForAll
#EB144
#youth4health
#yEB144
#RC70
resumed yesterday with the review of a wide range of technical papers. In the "Integrating
#NCDs
care in
#Emergency
setting" Technical paper meeting,
#IFMSA
emphasized it as a critical need. We urge to prioritize resilient health systems and meaningful youth engagement.
✨ Congratulations to Dre. Joanne Liu, International President of Doctors Without Borders
@DreJoanneLiu
, for obtaining
@pahowho
’s Award for Health Services managements and Leadership 2021
#CD59
#IFMSAatCD59
"Investing in health is not just the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do." -
@DrTedros
,
@WHO
's Director General at
#CD58
, 72nd Session of
@pahowho
's Regional Council.
“It is said that if they do not give you a seat to the table, bring a foldable chair. I would like to invite you to ensure that by 2030 youth do NOT need to carry foldable chairs around when engaging in partnerships”
- inspiring words by VPE
@eglejanusonyte
at
#ECOSOCYouthForum
As the
@WHO
#WHA
is approaching, the IFMSA delegates and participants of the
#YouthPreWHA
have met for the first time to start working on their global health and advocacy skills. Youth voice is an important one in global health and we are getting ready to speak up!
#Youth4Health
“Vaccine nationalism will prolong the pandemic. The only way to recover faster is to recover together.”
We strongly support
@DrTedros
’ call to ensure the accessibility, availability and equity to
#COVID19
vaccination if and when we have it, leaving no one behind. 🌎💉
Are we ready as the health sector to tackle the imense threat of climate change? We are running out of time! Let's include
#ClimateChange
in our
#MedEd
. We can start today at
#AMEE2019
IFMSA and medical students worldwide appeal for immediate cease of fire and for peace to be restored in
#Ukraine
. We are deeply concerned by the potential of mass human casualties, destruction and mass displacement.
Our survey reveals that climate change is taught in only 15% of medical schools worldwide.
In this moment of shaping a
#HealthyRecovery
, join medical students integrate
#ClimateChange
in the curriculum as a key facilitator for change across all levels of healthcare!👩🏽🤝👨🏼🏥
The 148th WHO Executive Board Meeting starts today!
Meet the IFMSA Delegation and follow their efforts for the next 9 days here. For more info check the agenda:
Young people are the future of Universal Health Coverage! The High-Level meeting on
#UHC
will take place in September 2019 and we need you to share your visions on UHC! Will
#young
people lead the way? Complete the survey here:
#Youth4UHC
#WHSA
#Health4All
'We call upon
@WHO
and Member States to ensure that medical students, who represent the future health workforce, are given an integral role in the global movement towards achieving
#UHC
' 🌎🏥💸
- Delivered by our LWHO
@blom_iris
at the
#WHA73
.
Meet the On-Site IFMSA Delegation present at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
IFMSA delegation will represent the voice of medical students and youth from all around the world during the 152nd
@WHO
EB session.
“I encourage all member states to meet our youth today and to include youth representatives in your delegations to the World Health Assembly.”
@DrTedros
,
@WHO
DG opening remarks during
#who
#eb152
on implementation of Youth Delegate Programs
#HealthForAll
#WHOYouthCouncil
Meet the IFMSA Delegation attending
#RC74AFRO
headed by
@EricNiyongira1
. Our goal is to drive Youth-led impactful change, foster innovation, and champion the diverse perspectives of young leaders across the African continent in health.
Team Blue Eagles from Philippines aiming to tackle resistant Gonorrhea by creating a mobile application for monitoring and survaillance of its pharmacological therapy.
Universal Health Coverage Day! The opportunity to connect and cooperate to create the world where “health for all” isn’t only a mere wish.
#UHC2030
#UHC
#UHCDay2018
"Whatever lessons there are to learn, we must learn. Whatever changes that must be made, we must make. We must have the humility to recognize our mistakes and keep working in solidarity and humility."
@DrTedros
yesterday at
#CD58
@pahowho
's Regional Committee Opening.
We hereby already release our preliminary results of the
@WHO
#EB148
Gender Watch, for Day 1, because of shocking outcomes.
@WHO
, EB Members and other Member States: we have to do better!
Note: no non-State actors have spoken yet on Day 1
Thank you
@DrTedros
for your commitment and support for youth health organizations, we will make sure to follow your words. We pledge to actively work with you &
@WHO
to create a healthy world for you, for us, and for the generations to come!
#Youth4Health
#WHA72
My message to all young people is: speak up. Tell us about your health needs & how
@WHO
can help to meet them. Look after your health. Advocate for health. Serve your community. And hold the rest of us accountable for the promises we make & the world we leave you & your children.
"It's right that all governments want to prioritize vaccinating their own healthworkers and older people first, but, it is not right that younger healthier adults in rich countries are vaccinated before healthworkers and older people in poor countries."
@DrTedros
“Rural women need to know they too have a voice in this conversation, a place at the table and we need to give them the opportunity to do that.” -
@JahaENDFGM
inspiring our delegates at
#CSW62
Every year
@IFMSA
organizes an extensive high-level preparation of their delegation to the
#WorldHealthAssembly
, during the Youth PreWHA to take place in May. Young people from all over the world will learn about global health, diplomacy and leadership.
We deeply grief Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, a medical student, who lost his life earlier this morning in the bombings in Kharkiv. Our thoughts are with Naveen's family and friends. [1/2] 🧵
Condolences to the family of Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, a 4th year medical student at Kharkiv National Medical University
#KhNMU
. Thoughts with all health workers & all health students in Ukraine.
@IFMSA
@WHPAlliance
IFMSA delegation to
#EMRC69
had the opportunity to meet Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari
@WHOEMRO
Regional Director during
#walkthetalk
ahead of the RC69 in which we discussed meaningful youth engagement to achieve
#Healthforall_byall
For the first time,
@IFMSA
hosts an official side event at the 59th UN Commission on Social Development called: Digital Natives - Time to Update our Health Systems. Strong points were shared by voices from around the world discussing the important topic of digital health! 🌐
We call on
@WHO
and member states to make every effort to support other
#youth
orgs to engage formally with WHO. This is one important step in strengthening the youth voice in global health decision-making... and we are proud to lead the way!
#EB144
#Youth4Health
#WHOEB144
"Don’t accept the status quo, you need to be the one to propose the change! Don’t try to imitate, reinvent and be influential."
@DrMariaNeira
giving an inspirational speech at the opening session of the
#PreWHA
2019.
#WHA72
#Youth4Health
"Where you are born should not be a factor that determines your place in the vaccine queue"
Strong words from
@MaEllenSirleaf
when presenting outcomes so far of the IPPR at the
@WHO
#EB148
10th
#YouthPreWHA
has welcomed the IFMSA delegates today in Geneva!
During the days preceding the
@WHO
#WHA75
delegates prepare to advocate and ensure the voice of
youth is being heard at the most important high-level global health meeting!
#Youth4Health
IFMSA Delegation will be present at
@WHO
#EB150
to ensure active youth participation and engagement in global health governance. Follow us to learn more about youth advocacy efforts!
#Youth4Health
We found out that most of the competencies needed for research are not addressed in
#MedEd
and there is a lack of support and involvement from experts in the field.
Two of our wonderful STF students presenting the study on behalf of IFMSA now at
#AMEE2019
55% of medical schools from Libya, Palestine, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen were forced to pause their operations at some point of countries' conflicts. Find more in our Attacks on Medical Education report:
@hcid
@wfmeorg
@P4HR
@SafeguardingHC
@HCIDproject
“Let’s not build “back” … let’s build “new”, strong, fair, equitable and just world in which
#youth
are empowered to play a vital role in their own development as well as in that of their communities.”
- IFMSA LRP
@m_alhamody
powerful intervention at the
#ECOSOCYF
#Youth2030
“It is not enough to work towards reasonable use of antibiotics for humans.
#AMR
does not respect the borders between humans, animals and the environment: we need a
#holistic
approach. We need a bold step.” -
@detdanskekongehus
on the urgency to act on
#AMR
.
#RC68
@WHO_Europe
How can future health professionals contribute to
#UHC
? How can
#UHC
work for youth-led organizations and what do we need to see in the High-Level meeting on UHC outcome document? IFMSA's consultation as a preparatory process for HLM happening now in Slovenia!
@UHC2030
#Youth4UHC
Meet IFMSA’s first delegation to the
#OpenEd20
! Fifteen young leaders that will serve as the voice of youth and medical students worldwide. Advocating for
#OpenScience
and all its domains!
@HeyOpenEd
Key insights from UN Youth Envoy
@jayathmadw
speech at
@WomenDeliver
#WD2019
#ThePoweOf
pre-youth conference:
1. Bridge the distrust between youth and political institutions
2. Review power and privileges
3. Take part in intergenerational dialogue among youth
#YouthVoices
"I am honored to announce that the United States will remain a member of the World Health Organization." Incredibly joyous words by Dr Fauci at the start of
@WHO
#EB148
. The US will fulfill its financial obligations, join COVAX and build partnerships towards solving GH issues!
“A doctor, a dentist, a community work, a finance officer, a biomedical engineer... can
#PrimaryHealthCare
care exist without any of them? We should not be talking about who is going to replace whom, but about bringing them together.”
#Astana2018
#HealthForAll
The
#AMEE2019
Student Taskforce is a team of 72 students, from more than 37 countries. We are committed to have a meaningful impact at
@AMEE_Online
and contribute to
#MedEd
! Feel free to approach any student wearing the mint green T-Shirt, can't wait to talk to you all!
We need enough primary care professionals, with sufficient distribution. We need to incentivize students to become general practitioners. We need an inter professional approach! Benefits far outweighs the costs.
#Astana2018
#PrimaryHealthCare
#AlmaAta40
IFMSA present in the Women Leaders in Global Health in Kigali, Rwanda.
Topics such as the economic gender gap, discrimination in academia and healthcare settings will be thoroughly addressed by inspiring women from all over the world.
@WLGH
@IFMSA
The IFMSA is present at the
@WorldHealthSmt
#WHS2022
as extensive discussions and dialogues takes place between 16-18 October on a diversity of global health issues.
We are happy to see
#YouthDelegates
from
@LeMSICLebanon
actively participating in
@WHO
#WHA75
! We call on the member states to create and implement structured system for the youth delegates program and engage youth in high-level meetings
#Youth4Health
“We look forward to working with
#Youth
from health and non-health backgrounds in the
@WHO
Youth Council as health issues crosscut all aspects in our lives.”
-
@DiahSaminarsih
powerful intervention on youth engagement in the
#DigitalTransformation
for
#Health
.📲🩺
Join us for our Key Ask to Member States regarding the HLM on
#UHC
- to acknowledge in the declaration the youth-led work towards UHC and provide technical, material and financial support for these activities!
#Youth4UHC
Check the full policy brief here:
3 importants tips by
@davidnabarro
:
1)
#COVID19
gives us the opportunity to tackle
#inequity
and beat it with ambition.
#Leadership
is most needed now!
2) Be audacious! Be
#brave
to step out of the comfort zone and do something special.
3) And do things with your heart! ❤
As the future health workforce, we’ve joined 40 million+ doctors, nurses & health professionals calling on
#G20
leaders to put public health at the center of their countries'
#COVID19
recovery:
#HealthyRecovery
🌍🙌
#WHA73
| There is no silver bullet, no simple solution, no one size fits all decision. No single action has made the difference. It takes hard work, fidelity to signs, learning and adapting as you go, and difficult decisions. -
@DrTedros
IFMSA General Assembly
#AM22
is taking place in Türkiye right now! GAs are among the biggest youth-led events around the world, held twice a year to inspire the next generation of future physicians to become leaders and advocates through the exchange of ideas and networking.
Pharmacists play an important role in delivering equitable medical care - care threatened by drug-resistant infections! Join
@Innovate4AMR
, a competition where students can address
#AntibioticResistance
in low-resource settings. Winners attend a
@WHO
capacity building workshop!
“When countries have robust primary healthcare systems, outbreaks can be prevented. Families will be empowered.” We need strong primary healthcare systems to reach UHC.
@DrTedros
#HealthForAll
#UHC2030
@UHC2030
“Innovative solutions led by young people are imperative. We need to ensure that
#youth
are engaged as equal partners & provided safe spaces to generate solutions for
#DigitalHealth
& engage in their implementation.”
-
@jayathmadw
, UN Youth Envoy, at IFMSA Theme Event.🌟
The UN Climate Change COP26 Week 1 has officially started on the 31st of October, with IFMSA strongly representing the voices of 1.3 million medical students and advocating for the inclusion of health in the centre of Climate action
@GCHAlliance
@WHO
@IYCM
@COP26
@COP27Africa
What percentage of medical schools globally mention
#ClimateChange
in their curriculum?
If you want to find out the answer, check out our survey here at
@tandfmedicine
IFMSA will participate in the 10th
#ECOSOCYouthForum
, taking place virtually starting today, 7th April, until tomorrow, 8th April.
Follow our delegation's attendance of the Forum through the next two days!
#Youth2030
Each year 6 to 7 global health passionates are chosen to develop
#YouthPreWHA
. With the lead of LWHO
@blom_iris
the OC is in charge of designing the workshop to ensure that 50 young advocates have the chance to speak up at
@WHO
#WHA75
. Global health needs youth!
#Youth4Health
There's no
#health
without
#healthworkers
& no health workforce without
#youth
. Join
@GHWNetwork
Youth Hub webinar to discuss how youth can drive the
#healthworker
agenda, tackle youth issues in the workforce & investments will boost youth employment
Medical and Dental students world wide call on governments to implement the
@WHO
Global Code on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel, and to invest in the health workforce. Health is an investment, not a cost.
- Emilie, IFMSA's delegate to
#WHA72
#Youth4Health