Medsin News http://www.medsin.org/blogs/rss.rss Find out about the Medsin Discuss mailing list, and how to join the national debate! Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:04:39 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/14.html http://www.medsin.org/news/14.html Hey everyone, Fancy attending an international health conference and meeting medical students from all over the world? We are now taking applications for next year's March Meeting of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations. The 7 day conference will be on Conflict and Health and will run from the 3rd to the 9th March 09 in Hammamet, Tunisia. For more information on how to apply and to download an application form go [here](/externals/ifmsa/mm09). The deadline is midnight on Monday 27th October 2008. Please let all your members know and if you have any questions just give me a shout on president@medsin.org. Anyone can apply, whether you have no experience in Medsin or have attended 20 conferences in the past! Cheers Helen xx Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:34:30 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/281.html http://www.medsin.org/news/281.html Big Pharma denies access to HIV medicines ----------------------------------------------- Join an international week of action against Roche pharmaceuticals. Korean AIDs activists have made a worldwide plea for support in their bid to widen access to important 3rd line HIV treatment. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:38:09 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/279.html http://www.medsin.org/news/279.html Medsin students say 'NO!' to unhealthy aid conditionality -------------------------------------------------------- Students attending last weekend's Autumn General Assembly joined with NGOs who are calling for an end to conditions imposed on aid by donors which force developing countries to invest in private services for their population. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:29:21 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/278.html http://www.medsin.org/news/278.html Fancy hosting next year's National Medsin Conference? ----------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone, In just over 4 weeks time, University College London will be hosting the National Conference 2008 on Power, Politics and Global Health. However, we need a host for next year! The theme of the conference can be on any issue related to Global Health, including those in our own country. If your branch is interested in hosting this event you can fill in an application form or find out more information at www.medsin.org/conferences/nationalconference/2009 The deadline for application forms is *17th October 2008*. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us at committee@medsin.org Thanks! Helen Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:57:47 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/277.html http://www.medsin.org/news/277.html Lobby to make free public healthcare a reality for all --------------------------------------------------- In poor countries people are being forced to pay for private care when they simply can't afford it. Email or write to Douglas Alexander, UK Secretary of State for International Development, and tell him that the UK government must lead the way by championing free public health care for poor countries. A simple action that will take 2 minutes! Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:36:55 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/274.html http://www.medsin.org/news/274.html Control Arms Global Week of Action ---------------------------------------- To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this year, campaigners will be reminding their governments that the world is watching, and waiting for an Arms Trade Treaty. Find out more here. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:18:14 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/273.html http://www.medsin.org/news/273.html Breaking Campaign Success --------------------------- [www.wherestheconsultation.org](http://www.wherestheconsultation.org) The Global Health Advocacy Project has recently made national press coverage, with the release of 'Where's the Consultation' report being covered by the Observer and BMJ. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:04:34 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/272.html http://www.medsin.org/news/272.html Medsin's Global Health Advocacy Project (GhAP) release a report of efforts to gain access using the Freedom of Information Act to a government consultation proposing to charge refused asylum seekers for primary healthcare. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:45:45 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/271.html http://www.medsin.org/news/271.html Call for applications of medical students to take part at the Almaty Conference on Primary Health Care - "30th anniversary of the Alma Ata Declaration", fully supported by UNICEF. Please find more info on WHO work in the field of Primary Health Care and Alma Ata Declaration at these web sites: http://www.euro.who.int/AboutWHO/Policy/20010827_1 http://www.who.int/topics/primary_health_care/en/ Please send in your CV & Motivation Letter to lra@ifmsa.org & lph@ifmsa.org by July 25th 2008. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:29:57 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/270.html http://www.medsin.org/news/270.html You may have heard of Adrian Sudbury, a journalist who is the first person to ever be diagnosed with two tyrpes of leukaemia. He has met with Gordon Brown and convinced Alan Johnson and Ed Balls, the Health Secretary and the Education Secretary, that education of young people about blood and bone marrow donation is essential. The government has agreed that a talk will be rolled out to all 14-15 year olds about the importance of donation. But Adrian, like many of us, thinks that another talk to 6th form students would be more helpful as they are then able to make an informed decision about whether they want to donate blood, or organs. He has a petition on the Downing Street website, if you agree please sign. Here is the address: [click here to sign petition](http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/bone-marrow/) Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:14:53 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/269.html http://www.medsin.org/news/269.html At the Medsin National Conference 2008 in October, Medsin and the Lancet Student will be launching a global health magazine. We are now soliciting articles for the first edition which will be entitled ‘Medsin and the Lancet Student present Power and Politics in Global Health’ and we would love YOU to contribute. Your articles should be no longer than 1000 words and should be submitted by the 14th August. Please send your submissions to: student@lancet.com or rhona.macdonald@lancet.com. Please click [here](/magazine) for further details. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:15:52 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/268.html http://www.medsin.org/news/268.html Following a successful e-vote which showed overwhelming support for the Act Now for Health Campaign, Medsin has endorsed this campaign. Please visit [Act Now for Health](http://www.actnowforhealth.org) for further information. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:10:33 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/267.html http://www.medsin.org/news/267.html OXFAM CAMPAIGNING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ----------------------------------------- Oxfam's famed 'Change' campaigning training is now open again for applicants, deadline for appliation **23rd of June**. The session will be running in **Birmingham from the 19th-22nd of September**. Several Medsin folk have in past years completed the training and would thoroughly recommend it for anybody keen on campaigning in their community! Secondly, a new form of training entitled 'Video Change' is an online-based seminar for people who want to learn how to use online media such as Youtube etc to promote their campaign messages and gain support in doing so. See [oxfam website](http://www.oxfam.co.uk/get_involved/campaign/actions/change_programme.html) for more details on the above! Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:46:36 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/266.html http://www.medsin.org/news/266.html [G8 2008: we need Action Now!](http://www.oxfam.org.uk/actionnow) --------------------------- Once a year, the leaders of the world’s eight most rich and powerful countries – the G8 – come together to talk about global poverty. This July, the G8 will meet in Japan, and they will once again have it in their power to make a huge difference to the lives of the world’s poorest people. ...not wishful thinking The first day of the meeting falls during a Japanese festival where people tie written wishes to bamboo trees. Join people across the globe by sending your wish and demanding Action Now on aid, health and climate change. This action takes less than 2 minutes, and can be found [here](www.oxfam.org.uk/actionnow). Thu, 22 May 2008 16:30:29 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/265.html http://www.medsin.org/news/265.html It has been almost 2 weeks since Cyclone Nargis hit Burma. Large areas of Burma have been left devastated and it is thought that up to 1 million people could be homeless and at least 100,000 could be dead as a result of the Cyclone. Most people have still not received any aid because of the restrictions by the junta regime, and every day of delay is likely to cost thousands of live. Please [click here](/burma) to find out how you can donate to help the victims of the Cyclone and take action now! Tue, 13 May 2008 15:19:31 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/264.html http://www.medsin.org/news/264.html Action of the Week ----------------- **Stop AIDS UK Strategy URGENT Week of Action: May 4th- 9th!** - Brief Background - 30-minute Action - [5-minute Action](http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=25&ea.campaign.id=689) - Addresses Wed, 07 May 2008 12:19:55 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/263.html http://www.medsin.org/news/263.html 2008 is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary. It‘s a time for a global conversation about human rights. To consider the values that unite us as one human family, and one global village. But it can be more. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:46:03 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/262.html http://www.medsin.org/news/262.html Dear All Please find below an invitation to apply to attend the UNHCR annual consultations in Geneva. If you would like to apply, it will help your application if you have been involved in the Standing Committee for Human Rights and Peace (SCORP) or the wider IFMSA before. They are also looking for applications from students with an interest in human rights issues. If you have any questions or would like any further information, please email me. Gemma (president@medsin.org) Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:17:50 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/261.html http://www.medsin.org/news/261.html The Activities Board newsletter, Global Health Conference Edition, is now up in pdf format, [here](http://www.medsin.org/activitiesboard/newsletter). Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:11:12 +0100 http://www.medsin.org/news/260.html http://www.medsin.org/news/260.html