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Medsin is a student network and registered charity tackling global and local health inequalities through education, advocacy and community action.
We have over 30 branches in universities across the UK, many nationally run activities and several national working groups alongside collaborating with numerous external partner organisations both nationally and internationally.
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IFMSA Pre World Health Assembly 2013
It's officially day two of the Pre WHA, a workshop organised by IFMSA to enable "a stronger engagement of the youth at the WHA, creating a greater meaning and impact for youth engagement and empowerment." Almost all of the talks and ...read more
Posted by: Ruth Laurence-King
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A wonderful weekend in Newcastle
The weekend before last I traveled to Tyneside to see Medsin Newcastle trial a new type of handover day. Some branches hold full day handovers at this time of year, when incoming and outgoing committees come together to evaluate the year gone and to plan for ...read more
Posted by: Cameron Stocks
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EXCITING OPPORTUNITY: APPLY FOR MIDLANDS Regional Co-ordinator!! :D
Roles of the Midlands Regional Co-ordinators: Hi! We are Haresh and Karthick, regional co-ordinators (RCs) for Medsin Midlands 2012- 2013. RCs act as a bridge of communication between the national committee and the local branches. As the director of ...read more
Posted by: Karthickkumar Selvakumar
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Medsin-Uk at EuRegMeX 17th-23st April: Giving Europe a voice.
Last week saw over 200 medical students from across Europe descend onto Chieti in Italy for the 10th European Regional Meeting of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA). A 5 person strong team were there to ...read more
Posted by: Samson Williams
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Election as Medsin's National Director
At our general assembly last weekend I was fortunate to be elected as Medsin's next National Director. It's a great honour to be given the opportunity to coordinate our small army of highly motivated changemakers. Medsin has come a long way over the last ...read more
Posted by: Cameron Stocks
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Watch out! Gender Equality coming to a city near you.
Did you know the highest female representation in government is 56%? Did you know that only 22.5% of MPs in the UK are women? And that the country with more women than men in government (56%) is Rwanda? And that if you travel 469 km East from ...read more
Posted by: Irise International
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Branch of the Week - Edinburgh
Medsin Edinburgh have had a brilliant year! Here is Linda, their branch president, with a round up of what they've been doing! You can contact the branch at edinburgh@medsin.org ____________________________________________________ It's been a very busy year ...read more
Posted by: Cameron Stocks
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Medsin-UK Attacks Government Immigration Bill Proposals
Medsin-UK, the Student Global Health Charity has warned that government proposals to restrict migrant access to NHS healthcare, will increase NHS costs and put at risk the health of vulnerable migrants. Yesterday, the ...read more
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UAEM UK 2013 National Committee Elections
UAEM is a student-led organisation that campaigns to improve access to essential medicines in low-income countries by changing policies around the patenting and licensing of drugs developed from publicly funded research' That time of ...read more
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Represent Healthy Planet at the UN Climate Negotiations
Represent Healthy Planet UK at the next United Nations Climate negotiations in Warsaw, Poland: applications now open! Are you interested in international politics and the effects of climate change on health and global health ...read more
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GNHE Scholarships in Health Equity
The Global Network for Health Equity (GNHE) announces the launch of its Scholarships Program for 2013 – 2014 English: http://bit.ly/ZEEYo6 General objective The program aims to build capacity in low and middle-income ...read more
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27th May 2013
at 09:00
Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia
International Conference: Women Deliver!
investing in girls and women, whether it is political, financial or human resource commiments, leads to healthier families, communities and economies. From 27th - 30th May 2013 third global Women Deliver Conference will ...read more
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13th June 2013
at 09:00
West Bromwich
Better Evidence for Public Health
Sandwell Health’s Economic Other Summit (SHOES) Thursday 13th & Friday 14th June 2013 Better evidence for better public health – what does Public Health in Local Government mean? The Public, New Street, West Bromwich, B70 ...read more
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Action of the week
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Threat to the NHS - 5 Actions We Can Take Now
PLEASE ACT NOW TO SAVE THE NHS Overview The Government is introducing secondary legislation (under Section 75 of the Health & Social Care Act) to force virtually every part of the NHS to be opened up to *compulsory* competitive markets, open to the ...read more
