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Global Day of Action - November 8th 2006

London

London - (more photos in box on the right)

30 medical students gathered outside the Ministry of Health on Whitehall with banners that read “WHO cares? We do” and “Time for democracy” before handing in the letter and heading down to the river to hear speeches from members of Medsin’s Global Health Advocacy Project and Medact, a group of campaigning healthcare professionals

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur - Medsin member and UCL student Swapna Reddy, handed the letter to Mr Thean Ming Fatt, Senior Confidential Secretary to Minister of Health

Vienna

Vienna - Medsin member and Bristol student Gauri Verma had a cup of tea and a long chat with the special referee for the Health and Women’s Affairs Minister. Gauri was assured that the letter will be passed on by hand to the minister of health and women issues as well as the foreign affairs minister and is waiting to hear back from them.

Helsinki

Helsinki - Niina Markkula, a Finish medical student handed in the letter to a shy janitor at the health ministry in Helsinki, with the promise of a response from the minister

San Jose

San Jose - Alejandro Fournier and friends, members of medical student organisation IFMSA-Costa Rica handed the letter to Dra. Maria L. Ávila A at the ministry of health in San Jose

Khartoum

Mahmoud Aboud, member of the medical student organisation Medsin Sudan, delivered the letter to the Sudanese Ministry of Health. The Minster of health is on a foreign mission and we awaiting their reply.

Manama

Mohamed Al Shaaban, a medical student in Bahrain has delivered the letter to his Minstry of Health.

Warsaw

Filip Dabrowski, a Polish medical student, delivered the letter in Warsaw.

Pretoria

Mathabo Hlahane, President, and on behalf, of the South African Medical Students Association delivered the letter in Peterio, South Africa.

We are waiting for details of hand deliveries in Jerusalem and Lima.

Media Coverage

• November 7th - The Lancet Blog covers the protest. Their line seems to be 'its terrible but not as terrible as we are making it out to be.' There have been moves to allow in spectators and the amount of media interest in the process is rising.
• The protests have also been covered by Hospital Doctor, Medical Student and doctors.net.

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Last updated on Wednesday 14 November 2007 at 23:19.