Edinburgh

Get in touch with Medsin-Edinburgh here

WHAT'S ON IN EDINBURGH

Film Night @ Brass Monkey's: November 3rd

Starting at 8pm we will be screening SiCKO, a Michael Moore documentary on the failure of the US healthcare system. Free for all! (just buy a drink at the bar)

Edinburgh HIV/AIDS Conference Hub: November 6th

Hosted by stopAIDS, this conference is a mirror of the International HIV/AIDS Conference thattook place this summer in Mexico with speakers from across the UK and videos from the actual conference in Mexico. It will be running from 9 am to 5.30 pm in Auditorium B, Chancellor's Building at the Royal Infirmary with several sessions. REGISTRATION is necessary due to the lecture theatre's limited capacity. Entry is free!

Email iacsedinburgh@googlemail.com to register and visit Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/event.phpeid=55073162728&ref=share) for more details.

EUSA AGM: November 12th

George Square Lecture Theatre, 7pm. Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) are putting forward a motion, which if passed will mandate EUSA to campaign to the University to make medicines developed at Edinburgh Unviersity more accessible to developing countries. Email edinburgh@medsin.org if you like to read the exact motion before the event. We need 300 people to vote for our motion, so please come along - your support is vital!

World Music Night: November 12th

Teviot Underground, 9.30pm til late. This mid-Charities Week event will be hosted by Medsin, Amnesty International, Oxfam, OneCampaign and Wateraid, promising you a night taking you around the world on the music and dance front: Bhangra, Modern Dance, Belly Dancing, Capoeira, Salsa, Ballroom Dancing...and much much more! Facepainting, raffle and Twister are also on schedule. Tickets can be bought for £3 at the EUSA Potterrow shop, or £4 on the door.

World Toilet Day: November 19th

Wateraid will be running a campus-wide campaign to promote the fact that 2.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to a toilet. 'DO NOT ENTER' tape will be put up on all the toilet doors on campus accompanied with information on this global sanitation crisis. WE NEED YOUR HELP! On Tuesday evening (Nov 18th) we will be going around the uni buildings sneakily putting up the tape (we have permission, don't worry!), and on Wednesday we will have a stall in front of the Main Library and a 'donation toilet' on Bristo Square. If you'd like to get involved, email wateraid-edinburgh@hotmail.co.uk

Basic Life Support Free CPR teaching sessions

BLS is aiming to teach the British Heart Foundation "Heartstart" course to 20 students/staff on each evening. All 2 hour sessions are free and fully interactive, with as much practical activity with resuscitation mannequins as possible. Sessions are held in the William Robertson Building, seminar room G.01:

12th November, 7-9pm
13th November, 7-9pm
26th November, 7-9pm
27th November, 7-9pm

For more details, check out the (in development) website: www.bls-edinburgh.org.uk or e-mail bls_edinburgh@yahoo.co.uk

Medics in the Wilderness: the Developing World November 27th

The Wilderness Medical Society will be hosting Dr Susan Wright, director of Medecins du Monde UK, who will be discussing the realities of overseas recruitment. To be held in the Law School, more details on time/venue TBC.

Volunteers needed to initiate Healthy Planet Edinburgh Branch

Medsin is looking for highly motivated individuals to initiate some action in Edinburgh with regards to one of its key campaign's. Healthy Planet is a student led campaign aiming to 1) promote awareness of the link between environment and health 2) advocate more environmental policy and action, by highlighting the importance of living within ecological limits for health and well-being 3) encourage and enable Medsin as an organisation to operate in the most environmentally-friendly way possible Please do not hesitate to contact the team at edinburgh@medsin.org

International Health for Dummies 2009

Next term, Medsin Edinburgh will continue to run the opportunity to participate in a series of talks in International Health aimed at people with little or no prior understanding of the concepts involved. It's easy to get bogged down in jargon when trying to understand how health works on an international level, but this series of talks aims to bring us all up to scratch with the basics, as well as presenting an excellent opportunity to interact with a broad range of professionals and enthusiasts from a variety of fields.

Most talks will take place on Monday evenings, on a fortnightly basis. The talks are free of charge for members, £1.50 for non-members. Details of forthcoming talks will be given soon - keep an eye on this website!

PROJETCS

SKIP (Students for Kids International Projects)

SKIP is a student led, registered charity (1099804), with projects working to support children in developing countries around the world. Our ultimate aim is to not be needed; for vulnerable children to be well supported and cared for by their communities and for healthcare students to be actively compassionate and aware of the realities and implications of global and cultural health issues. Established in 2003 we currently have 14 branches.

SKIP Edinburgh is a newly established branch this year. We are running our needs assessment trip to Eastern Europe in June 2008, and are hoping to set up a project to support children with disabilities in Moldova. We are looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, and get involved in the running of SKIP Edinburgh.

For more information check out our website www.skipkids.org.uk or contact us on skipedinburgh@gmail.com Project Coordinator- Hannah Kilner

Wateraid at Edinburgh

WaterAid’s vision is a world where everyone has access to safe water and effective sanitation.

Clean water is something most of us take for granted, but over a billion people do not have access to it, and over two fifths of the world’s population do not have somewhere safe and clean to go to the toilet. As a result, a child dies every 15 seconds from easily preventable diseases.

Many women and children in the world’s poorest countries spend hours every day walking miles to collect water. This water is usually dirty and unsafe to drink, but they have no alternative. Carrying heavy water containers is an exhausting task, which takes up valuable time and energy, preventing women from doing other work and stopping children from going to school. Where there is nowhere safe and clean to go to the toilet communities are further exposed to disease and lack the privacy required for dignity.

Edinburgh WaterAid Campaigns Group work locally to spread the word about the vital significance of clean water and sanitation. We are campaigns-focused, aiming for change at a governmental level, which is necessary to facilitate the sustainability of in-country projects. Contact wateraid-edinburgh@hotmail.co.uk to get involved.

Intercalated BMedSci

The University of Edinburgh offers an intercalated BMedSci degree in International Public Health Policy. The intercalated degree offers a range of teaching on topics such as determinants of global health, health systems, international health policy, and globalisation. To find out more, including details about applying, access the programme's website here.