International Federation of Medical Students' Associations, representing 133 national member organizations in 123 countries | medical students worldwide
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Building Bridges for Global Health🌍
The IFMSA reaffirms its commitment to advancing global health through collaboration. In a world facing health challenges, geopolitical tensions, and environmental crises, unity is essential.
#GlobalHealth #IFMSA #Collaboration #MedicalStudents
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@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
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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)
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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
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“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
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“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
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@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
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Press release clarifying decision-making procedures behind the suspension of FIMS from the IFMSA - read it on our website:
ifmsa.org/clarifying-decisio…
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"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
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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!
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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
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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
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#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.
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Two days of the WHA have passed and NSAs have not been able to make any contribution to the discussion. Leaving no one behind should not just be a statement to repeat, but rather an action to sustain #NSAVoiceMatters
@WHO @DrTedros @IPSF @G2H2_Geneva @WMAJDN @medwma
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"Climate Crisis = Health Crisis!" Young health professionals advocate for climate justice at #WalktheTalk. #WHA76 #ClimateJustice #1point8 #ClimateIsHealth
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.@MarcolMoran, IFMSA's delegate to the #WHA72, presenting a statement on primary health care towards #UHC in the name of @IVSA_GLOBAL @iadsweborg @InciSioNGlobal & IFMSA.
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✨ 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
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“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
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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
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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
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#HealthForAll is climate justice! @ifmsa delegates met with @DrTedros to walk the climate talk together #Youth4Health
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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.
ifmsa.org/medical-students-a…
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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.
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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!👩🏽🤝👨🏼🏥
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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: apps.who.int/gb/e/e_eb148.ht…
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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: surveymonkey.com/r/CR8CY8G #Youth4UHC #WHSA #Health4All
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Every life is precious. During #SuicidePreventionWeek, let's remind ourselves and others that there is hope, help, and support available. You are never alone. 🌟 #MentalHealthMatters #IFMSAforHope #YouAreNotAlone
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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.
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'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.
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It’s official! @IFMSA and @GHS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, further advancing our collaborative efforts in #GlobalHealth, #UHC, #SRHR, #PrimaryHealthCare and beyond.
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“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
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IFMSA’s Youth #PreWHA is generously supported by the @AllianceHPSR, a @WHO-hosted entity working on Health Policy & Systems Research to strengthen #LMIC #healthsystems. Thank you for supporting youth in global health!
#HPSR #WHA72 #Youth4Health
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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
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Team Blue Eagles from Philippines aiming to tackle resistant Gonorrhea by creating a mobile application for monitoring and survaillance of its pharmacological therapy.
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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.
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"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
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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.
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“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
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Students! Are you interested in stopping #Antimicrobialresistance? Winning a trip to #Geneva to attend a workshop on #AMR organized by @ifmsa, @reactgroup, @WHO and @South_Centre? If yes, #Innovate4AMR is a perfect fit for you!
Get engaged at innovate4amr.org
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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
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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
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Have a safe flight, @DrTedros ! Thank you for the meeting and consider us your partners in ensuring health for all! #rc67 #together4health
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"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
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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! 🌐
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IFMSA is attending the 71st @WHOAFRO Regional Committee from 24-26th August.
We are excited to introduce our delegation
@joelanani @ArmandLePrince @ekkydazzle
#RC71AFRO
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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
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Wow! Our Twitter account just reached 20 000 followers!
A BIG thank you for all our followers for helping us share our message!
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We are proud to launch our #ClimateHealth 2020 Vision at @WHO #airpollution conference - an #advocacy campaign aiming for the inclusion of #climatechange content in medical curricula!
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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
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"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
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Panel on 'careers in global health' in front of 100+ youth from different backgrounds. Thanks to @CalineMattar, @mastersnurseed, @dcorreiamartins & @austinlsliu for inspiring us.
#Youth4Health #WHA72 #PreWHA
@IPSForg @iadsweborg @GASNNurses @IVSA_GLOBAL @FIPYPG @WCCSchiro
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“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
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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: issuu.com/ifmsa/docs/attacks… @hcid @wfmeorg @P4HR @SafeguardingHC @HCIDproject
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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“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
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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
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“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.📲🩺
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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.
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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: bit.ly/2V1RHsP
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IFMSA calls for the introduction of #UHC knowledge into medical curriculum in Africa medical schools. We strongly emphasize on youth’s role towards achieving UHC in #Africa.
@JoelAnani @Ekkydazzle @ArmandLePrince @WHOAFRO @MoetiTshidi @DrTedros @OMSTogo #RC71AFRO
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Every year, thousands of #health students meet around the world to shape #GlobalHealth. Now we discuss possible solutions to limit our harmful contributions to #climatechange @DrTedros @WHO @UNFCCC check the document here: goo.gl/LhhXEu #ClimateAction #ClimateHealth
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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! ❤
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Thank you to all the medical students making this #AMEE2016 a wonderful experience! #meded @AMEE_Online
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“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.🌟
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Let's all go home and promote the social contract that we have with medicine and be accountable for our community! #MedEd for the peope, to the people at #AMEE2019.
@AMEE_Online @teodorblidaru
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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!
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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
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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.
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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: ow.ly/5o5h30qHUmX
#HealthyRecovery
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Always a great opportunity for IFMSA Alumni and Members to get together in global health meetings. #EPH2018 #globalhealth #alumni
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“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
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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 rb.gy/1uchte @tandfmedicine
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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 who.int/hrh/events/2018/glob…
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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
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It was lovely to spend this #AMEE2019 with you! Hope you loved it as much as we did. Let's meet again in #AMEE2020 in Glasgow! #ComingToAMEE all over again! @AMEE_Online
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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
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The IFMSA invites you to Twitter Space on #Youth Involvement in #SRHR decision-making that will be hosted together with @womeninGH @ippf @UNFPA_ESARO and @WomenDeliver
Set the reminder here: nitter.app/i/spaces/1rmxPggLZBXJN
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Today the IFMSA Delegation for the #WHA73 participated in #WalkTheTalk. This virtual campaign aimed to encourage healthy lifestyles and behaviors to achieve good physical and mental health. #YouthRHealthyAtHome #HealthForAll #PreWHAForum @WHO
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Making progress towards meaningful #youth participation in #globalhealth - while we‘ve come a long way, we still have a ways to go. As such, we’re working closely w/ @WHO to further increase and diversify it!
@GHWNetwork
#EB146
#YouthAtEB
#Youth4Health
#HealthForAll
#Work4Youth
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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
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