A message from the Regional Director Dear Africa It’s was a great honor to have welcomed our members at the 13th African Regional Meeting on June – Harare/Zimbabwe. On behalf of the African Regional Team, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude for all those who was there. We are also thankful for the honorable guests who were also sharing their time with us at the event, whom changed previous commitments in their political and professional duties to find time to render stimulation and appreciation to the IFMSA African Regional Meeting - Hosted by ZiMSAZimbabwe attended by various countries from all over the Africa. It was just 6 months prior to the event when ZiMSA elected to host the ARM, and It was a very pleasant experience to work together with the OC to make it as it was and what the members have witnessed. We owe a huge amount of gratitude and admiration to this great OC who stepped up for this responsibility and made it happen! I also want to thank all of you, dear members, because our success was the merit of having all of you there, which showed the results of your excellent commitment to our Africa. You are the real stars of the Region, and we, the RT / organizers, are but the instruments to bring together the change makers from all over Africa. Therefore, thank you so much for being there. IFMSA Envisions a world in which medical students unite for global health and are equipped with the knowledge and the skills to take on health leadership roles locally and globally. And coming from the African Region, I see a great potential in us, the African medical students, to shape our region together, build stronger health systems and contribute to better future in the whole world. As we say, the impossible we do tomorrow, miracles may take a little longer. So starting from here, let’s shape the future, in fact our future, together.
Yours Sincerely Alaa Ibrahim IFMSA Regional Director for Africa2017/18
African Regional Meeting 2018 at one glance
African Region
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National Member Organizations (NMOs) NMOs represented at ARM 2016
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Pre-Regional Meeting
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First Plenary at regional Level took place. Adoption of the Africa Regional Strategy 2018 – 2021.
African Regional Team
ARM Organizing Committee
Table of Contents 1. Pre-Regional Meeting Workshops
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2. Standing Committee and Presidents’ Sessions
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3. Capacity Building Sessions
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4. Theme Event
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5. Activities Presentation
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6. IFMSA Strategic Plan 2017-2020
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7. The Regional Meeting in Numbers
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Pre-Regional Meeting Workshops
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Training New Human Rights Trainers Participants
5 Countries
The TNHRT is an IFMSA veteran training, in that it has been Facilitators conducted in countries around the world for many years as it’s very Elizbeth T Peters popular among the IFMSA Trainings. The aim, as the name aptly SCORP AR Africa describes, is to train new human rights trainers – so by the end of Shad Rashed each TNHRT – the attendees should be capable of delivering a Human Right Trainer training on Human right to other medical students; and thus the cycle continues. In order to graduate from the TNHRT, the participants have to conduct a graduate training where they would train medical students for at least 1hour 30 mins on any human rights topic of their choice using the skills gained from the TNHRT they attended. After conducting the training they will be expected to write a report of the training they conducted complete with photos and evaluation methods. This way, the participants will hone their skills gained and also impart HR knowledge to other medical students, thus achieving the aim of the TNHRT.
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External Representation & Policy Making in IFMSA Participants
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To train the participants on the basic skills of external representation Facilitators Marian Sedlak and policymaking and its usage on the international, regional and Liaison Officer for Human Rights and Peace national level, which qualify them to take an active role in these Issues processes in IFMSA. Batool AlWahdani To provide participants with the knowledge of the Global External Vice-president for External Affairs Focus Areas and ensure proper understanding of links between GEFAs and IFMSA policies. Due to significant changes in the number and NMOs of participants, the former follow up plans will have to be adjusted to accommodate attendees' needs. Unfortunately, the follow up plan in not designed yet due to very problematic nature of this workshop's attendance.
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Training New Medical Education Trainers Participants
5 Countries
Making young voices heard is one of the cornerstones of IFMSA, as Facilitators we are the official voices of medical students Worldwide.training Alaa Abusufian, SCOME Regional Assistant for Africa Medical Education Trainers will focus on empowering participants to initiate peer-education based trainings at home to make sure their Ornella Fenou Kuda Govore CAMSA-Cameron organizations voices are heard. IFMSA has a dedicated organ which aims to implement an optimal learning environment for all medical students around the world – the Standing Committee on Medical Education (SCOME). As medical students are directly exposed to medical curricula, they should be assumed to be unaware experts on their educational system, and should therefore have an influence on the creation of new curricula. From IFMSA’s experience, it is often the medical students who are the strongest proponents for adapting their education to the needs of their community. Before we as medical students can lobby for the highest standards and change in our Education, we should be aware of many topics such as curriculum design, assessment, research, learning methods and how to be a part from the medical education system, we should know what to change and how to make the change. After 3 fruitful and engaging days, the TMET participants are now more knowledgable about (medical) education topics, theories models and trends. They are also more confident, and have acquired the necessary skills for development of medical education, including student leadership and advocacy. The workshop empowered and motivated the participants to take action at a local and national level. Also, segments of the workshop focused on developing the trainer skills ie; skills in peer education and teaching through focusing in presentation and facilitation skills. I believe this workshop has adequately introduced the participants to the world of medical education and social accountability.
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IPAS - Accesses to safe abortion Participants
4 Countries
The Ipas Workshop is a comprehensive workshop that entails Facilitators Women Reproductive Health and access to safe abortion. Borne out Rusa Divine – Rwanda SCORA Regional Assistant for Africa of the desire to address the issue of maternal mortality due to unsafe abortion, the workshop includes knowledge about what safe is Afolabi Oluwatoyosi NiMSA – Nigeria about, Gender and abortion issues, Barriers to safe abortion, National Laws and policies on abortion, Comprehensive abortion care and advocacy for access to safe abortion. The end goal is to be able to raise up Young Healthcare Providers who will be able to attend to their patients in a wholistic approach when they need abortion services. Outcome of the Workshop: More Sexual and Reproductive Health AdvocatetHe Value clarification on abortion, Training of future healthcare Providers that can address matters relating to safe abortion free of judgement. Follow up plans include:giving out the Training manual for more read up, and adding Participants to the SCORA group in order to keep the motivation going.
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Global Health in Exchanges Participants
2 Countries
The “Global Health within Exchanges� workshop is a three-day Facilitators event that aims to highlight the connection between Global Health Tommaso Pomerani IFMSA SCOPE Director and exchanges and provide the participants with the knowledge and tools to implement Global Health in their exchange program and Christophe Ngendahayo SCOPH Regional Assistant for Africa organize educational activities for their outgoing and incoming students. At the end of the workshop, participants are expected to be aware of the necessary steps to be taken to organize a Pre-Departure Training (PDT) or an Upon-Arrival Training (UAT) and able to deliver quality sessions to their outgoing and incoming students in order to prepare them for their exchange. Moreover, they are supposed to develop concrete ideas on how to address the topics of Global Health and Social Determinants of Health in their exchange program, and be able to organize other educational activities focused on specific global health issues that are relevant to their local or national context. At the end of the workshop, each participant developed an actionable plan on how to implement Global Health in their exchange program, with feedback from the trainers and the other participants. Most of the actionable plans were focused on educational activities on global health for incoming students. All the participants were also asked to fill in a pre and post assessment survey with 4 self-rating questions about perceived level of knowledge, and 8 objective knowledge-based questions. Among the participants who attended more than 80% of the workshop hours (3) and filled in the pre and post assessment survey, 1 person reported an improvement in knowledge in 42% of the answers. The other 2 participants both reported an improvement in 67% of the answers: one of them also reported a worse result in 1 answer. The 3 participants rated the quality of the workshop with a mean value of 8/10. Unfortunately, a proper impact assessment of the workshop is not possible due to the very limited number of participants.
Standing Committee and Presidents’ Sessions
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President‘s Session Participants
The session where the place in which the represented NMOs found the common ground to discuss topics and share some obstacles they face back homes. Participants received an intense information regarding the topics mentioned aside, ranging from Basic to high level. Evaluation for the overall sessions was done, and feedback very positive hence almost all the participants were newcomer presidents and they needed to be as updated and well equipped with these basic knowledge. In terms of follow up, email will be send to the Participants for the follow up attaching to it all the materials used to ensure open access to all info delivered.
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Topics covered • Regional Team Updates • AWP Updates • "Break down our issues & •
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the way forward " All what the NMO need to know from IFMSA "NMOs involvement" Plenary Guidance "Leadership & Conflicts resolution." "Creating Strategy for your NMO" "External Representation "policy statements & policy writing" "Financial Management & Administration" Regional Strategy 2018 – 2021. Attacks on Medical Education
Facilitators Alaa Ibrahim IFMSA Regional Director for Africa
Satrria Nurshyban IFMSA VPM
Batool Alwahdani IFMSA VPE
Majko Marian IFMSA LRP
Standing Committee on Professional & Research Exchanges (SCOPE & SCORE)
Participants
The outcomes of the sessions were positive. The participants showed keen interest and understanding of the topics. Furthermore they gave positive feedback and suggested more information on SCORE (Unfortunately we had no SCORE representative for this). The follow up is to share the PPTs and have a post-evaluation form.
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is IFMSA/SCOPE/SCOR How to activate SCOPE/SCORE. The Perfect Exchange officer. How to organize an exchange program. Basics on the database. Academic Quality. Promotion and Marketing of exchanges Simulation activity Financial management Capacity buildingTNET. PDT/UAT/Educational activities.
Facilitators Tommaso Pomerani IFMSA SCOPE Director
Antonia Luchacha SCOPE RA Africa
Standing Committee on Human Right & Peace Participants
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Human Rights 101: This session is an introduction to Human Topics covered Rights itself and will involve playing a 10-minute introductory • Human Rights 101 video. Aim: all participants are well conversant with the UDHR • Peace and conflict by the end of the session. • Health as a Human Peace and conflict: A session for thoroughly defining peace and Right. • Sexual and Reproductive conflict aim was to teach the participants different methods of Health Rights. conflict resolution. • Child Abuse. Health as a Human Right: This focuses on health rights, what • SCORP + SCOPH Joint they are, what types of violations occur to health rights. Session on Mental Aim: For each participant to understand what are health rights. Health. SRHR: An introduction to Sexual and Reproductive Health • Stigma & Discrimination. Rights, how they are violated in different countries and how • Medical Ethics. medical students can help find solutions to the issues Facilitators surrounding SRH. Elizabeth T Peters Child abuse: An insight to the cruel realities that are ongoing in SCORP Regional Assistant for Africa different parts of the world revolving around child abuse and the Shahd Rasheed interventions put in place. Human Right Trainer - Sudan SCORP + SCOPH Joint Session on Mental Health:Participants Marian Sedlak learnt about the silent menace that mental health is able to IFMSA LRP become in Africa because of how underestimated it is as a sector of health and taught about what they can do to help. Stigma & Discrimination: Discuss the various means in which stigma and discrimination can present itself. Participants should be able to differentiate between stigma, prejudice, stereotypes and discrimination. Medical ethics: Participants learnt about what is expected of them as health workers in respect to ethical guidelines. Outcome: Able to recite the ABCDEF of Medical ethics. Outcome follow up: Each participant filled out an evaluation form with questions on each session which addressed the expected outcome.
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Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH) Participants
Participants filled the pre- assessment before we start the sessions and will fill up the same questionnaires to see the impact. In the SWGs, each country came up with at least one planned activity on Communicable diseases and another one on Non-communicable diseases. Those projects will be implemented with the virtual support from the RA. The impact will also be assessed by their involvement in many more international Activities and events and support to RA and these will be assessed by the Current RA and his successor.
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and Greet/ Teambuilding facilitated. Introduction to SCOPH. NCDs and Regional Priorities. Communicable diseases. IFMSA Programs. UHC & Health Systems. Anti-Microbial Resistance. Advocacy. workshops: SWG on 1) CDs 1) NCDs 3) UHC 4)SDH. Mental Health facilitated Forum of Representation + Future SCOPH we want (plus scoph strategy).
Facilitators Christophe W Ngendahayo SCOPH Regional Assistant for Africa
Amged Mageed Former SCOPH RA Africa
Batool Wahdani IFMSA Vice-President for External
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Standing Committee on Medical Education (SCOME) Participants
Participants had very fruitful sessions and discussions on the topics above. Day one the participants submitted activity plans or project ideas under SCOME related programs that they will work on in their countries. Day 2 also had much more engaging sessions where the participants developed an understanding of the medical education topics and designed research ideas they can implement to fill in the the medical education gap. Day 3 was the final day where participants where exposed about SCOME Globally and our medical education partners. The final session was a reflective session for the participants to reflect what they've learnt.
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SCOME, Team Building. IFMSA Programs and building your SCOME Project. Curriculum Development Educational Strategies, Social Accountability, Filling the gap; Research in medical education and lastly Advocacy in medical curriculum. Medical Education Externals, Team Building, SCOME Globally, Accreditation and on the WFME.
Facilitators Alaa Abusufian SCOME Regional Assistant for Africa
Barbora Hrabalova (External) WFME Head Office.
Standing Committee on Sexual and Reproductive Health incl. HIV/AIDS
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Participants
Participants got to know what SCORA is, who we are and what we do. They also got to know what is medically safe abortion, barriers to access it in Africa and solutions. They got to know more in depth about CSE, what it entails, the barriers in having CSE in our region and the various solutions to the problem. Reproductive cancers, they learnt mainly how to raise awareness about them. They learnt how stigma is perpetrated in health care settings and how to avoid and deal with it. They defined the gap in Family planning especially in Africa, the importance and impact of filling the gap. We defined GBV and all its forms, how to correctly handle such situations and how to be advocates of GBV victims. In maternal mental health we looked at the scope of presentation, early detection, intervention and prevention of maternal mental health. Follow up plan is through the created social media platforms.
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101: General introduction of SCORA Assessing Access to safe abortion in Africa. Comprehensive sexuality education. Pink monsters (Cervical cancer). Pink monsters (Breast cancer). Ending stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS. Family planning. Gender based violence. Maternal mental health. Team building and communication skills.
Facilitators Rusa Divine SCORA Regional Assistant for Africa
Ooko Lornah - Malawi Session team
Afolabi Oluwatoyosi Former SCORA RA Africa
Externals Dr. Norman Matara Dr. F Hove Dr. F G Mhlanga Prof. Rudo Makunike – Mutasa
Theme Event | Medical Social Accountability in Resource Limited Environments It is a theme that was drawn up to contextualize one of the key Global External Focus Areas (GEFAs) of the IFMSA. The objective was an opportunity for medical students and stakeholders of the health sector to get an education of this delicate topic from experts with practical, high impact experience and ultimately come out with a call to action that will be tabled for adaptation before the rest of IFMSA. It was co-ordinated by ZiMSA’s Rudo Muterere. The theme event was made up of two sessions that took place on separate days. The first session was under the topic: ‘Establishing Partnerships and Earning Accreditation in the African Medical Field’. The keynote speaker was Ms. Barbora Hrabalova who is the head of office for World Federation of Medical Education in France which is the largest accreditation body in medical education. She spoke on how to embark on partnerships and actions with other health system stakeholders to help educational institutions and students become more socially accountable. After the lecture, there were discussion questions and delegates were divided into groups which tackled the questions and presented their thoughts on how medical professionals and students can establish sustainable accredited partnerships that enhance their social accountability. The second session was under the topic: “Facilitating Competencies and Leadership for Socially Accountable Health Professionals”. It started with a beautiful presentation on the ‘Revival of AMSA (Africa Medical Schools Association)’ followed by a keynote address by Dr. Tinashe Goronga who is a Social Medicine Alumni on practical competencies and leadership qualities required by professionals who aim to build socially accountable health systems. Then a town hall panel discussion followed; the panelists were Ms. Hrabalova, Dr. Goronga and Batool Al-Wahdani (IFMSA President-elect). This session was hosted by ZiMSA’s Kudakwashe Govore who led with the questions and eventually opened up the questions to the floor. A declaration and call to action by IFMSA-Africa Region was drafted and will be presented to the rest of the world at the August Meeting’s General Assembly in Montreal.
Activities Presentation Activities Fair: 1st Place - Imunzi Project – ZIMSA Zimbabwe 2nd Place – Khartoum Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction Summit –MEDSIN Sudan. Project Respekt – MSAKE Kenya SCORA Africa Boot Camp – UMMSA Malawi Youth Education Activities on NCDs – MEDSAR Rwanda Thursdays in Black – UMMSA Malawi
Activities Presentation: 1st Place – Project Respekt – MSAKE Kenya 2nd Place - Youth Education Activities on NCDs – MEDSAR Rwanda 3rd Place - SCORA Africa Boot Camp – UMMSA Malawi Thursdays in Black – UMMSA Malawi.
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1st Place: Youth Education Activities on NCDs. NMO: MEDSAR-Rwanda 2nd Place: RESPECT NMO: MSAKE-Kenya 3rd Place: SCORA Africa Boot Camp. NMO: UMMSA-Malawi
Other Session 1- Opening and Closing Ceremony In June, right in the middle of the Zimbabwean winter, 56 IFMSA members from 9 countries converged in Harare for the 13th IFMSA Africa Regional Meeting (ARM). The ARM the annual meeting of IFMSAAfrica Region, where National Member Organisations (NMOs) meet to discuss pivotal issues and decide on key aspects of the region's future. As one would have it, the opening ceremony was held on the very first evening. The objective was to welcome everyone to Harare, introduce the various delegations to people who were to help them during their stay and to immediately set the tone for the meeting that was to take place in the next three days. The opening ceremony took place at the Michael Gelfand Hall at the College of Health Sciences of the University of Zimbabwe. This is a venue that holds much history to itself; having been part of the original architecture of Zimbabwe's first medical school about half a century ago and sharing corridors with Parirenyatwa Hospital, the largest teaching hospital in Zimbabwe, which is named after one of the first indeginous African doctors in southern Africa. The event was graced by academics, administrators, corporates, medical and paramedical practitioners, students organisations, ZiMSA alumni and present members, international delegates and government officials. The program was commenced by the Dean of UZ-CHS, Professor Masanganise who welcomed all guests and delegates, he expressed excitement at seeing the future of medicine and surgery gathering together to discuss social accountability. This was followed by an address by the Organising Committee Chair, Alistair Mukondiwa who commended the tremendous work that had been done by the organising committee, ZiMSA members, the universities and all the sponsors of the ARM including the Ministry of Health and Higherlife Foundation. Also among those who gave heart-warming speeches of commencement that lit up the hall with excitement and joy were ZiMSA National President, Phillip Chigiya, IFMSA Regional Director Dr. Alaa Ibrahim and IFMSA Vice President for Members, Satria. A keynote address was made by the Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe, Professor Mashiri, in which he emphasised on the importance of cultivating a generation of wholesome doctors with diverse skillsets, taking time to also jest about doctors taking up music and football much to the symphony of laughs in the audience. Professor Mashiri ended his address by introducing the house to the guest of honour, Zimbabwe's Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. David Parirenyatwa who was to officially open the ARM. Dr. Parirenyatwa, who is also serving as the World Health Assembly President, spoke at length about how the meeting was supposed to feed into the goal of be ringing universal health coverage across Africa. The night ended with a vote of thanks, eats and a photoshoot. The Closing Ceremony took place on the final night of the ARM, it was a more quaint event constituted by musical entertainment from medical students. The ceremony was keynoted by the Organising Committee Chair and the Regional Director for Africa. Guest speakers included Professor Masanganise and an emissary of Zimbabwe's Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education. It was a beautiful event that concluded with a photoshoot. A family atmosphere prevailed as the delegates had bonded over the days prior. It was indeed a regional meeting to remember.
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Plenary
During this Meeting, IFMSA Africa had it’s first ever official Plenaries, As IFMSA Plenaries are the decision making platform were members votes upon very serious decisions that changes the fate of the Region. Have saying that, the plenaries at the Africa regional meeting will be a routine for the ever coming meetings to engage the Members more in the decisions. Agenda Plenary 0 1. Opening of the 13th African Regional Meeting 2. Election of the Chairperson 3. Appointment of the Secretary and the Secretary-Assistant 4. Election of the Returning Officers 5. Presentation & Adoption of the Plenary agenda 6. Presentation of official guests for the ARM2018. Miss Barbora Hrabalora – WFME Representative Agenda Plenary 1 1. Presentation of the Regional Strategy. 2. Presentation of the Regional Team Report. 3. Changes to the IFMSA Africa Internal Operation Guidelines. 4. Presentations of candidatures for hosting the 14th African Regional Meeting Agenda Plenary 2 1. Adoption of the Regional Strategy. 2. Adoption of the Regional Team Report. 3. Election of the host NMO for the 14th African Regional Meeting. 4. Any other business. 5. Adjournment of the plenary of ARM2018.
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Social & Cultural Nights
Time to get to explore our diversity â˜ş
The Regional Meeting in numbers Evaluation processes 1. Pre- and post-knowledge evaluation Unfortunately, not enough of participants filled out pre and post evaluation, so we couldn't calculate the results for this Regional Meeting. In the future we will try to tackle this issue in the recommendations that are to be made for the approach towards different regions. 2. Logistics evaluation
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More facilitators and better time management, but sessions were interactive and nice Maybe an extra day of RM Theme event discussion could of been explained better Communicate in advance if there are any changes to venue etc
13th ARM 2018 – Harare / Zimbabwe
Algeria (Le Souk) Argentina (IFMSAArgentina) Armenia (AMSP) Aruba (IFMSA-Aruba) Australia (AMSA) Austria (AMSA) Azerbaijan (AzerMDS) Bangladesh (BMSS) Belgium (BeMSA) Bolivia (IFMSA-Bolivia) Bosnia & Herzegovina (BoHeMSA) Bosnia & Herzegovina – Republic of Srpska (SaMSIC) Brazil (DENEM) Brazil (IFMSA-Brazil) Bulgaria (AMSB) Burkina Faso (AEM) Burundi (ABEM) Cameroon (CAMSA) Canada (CFMS) Canada – Québec (IFMSA-Québec) Catalonia - Spain (AECS) Chile (IFMSA-Chile) China (IFMSA-China) China – Hong Kong (AMSAHK) Colombia (ASCEMCOL) Costa Rica (ACEM) Croatia (CroMSIC) Cyprus (CyMSA) Czech Republic (IFMSACZ) Democratic Republic of the Congo (MSA-DRC) Denmark (IMCC) Dominican Republic (ODEM) Ecuador (AEMPPI) Egypt (IFMSA-Egypt)
El Salvador (IFMSA-El Salvador) Estonia (EstMSA) Ethiopia (EMSA) Finland (FiMSIC) France (ANEMF) Gambia (UniGaMSA) Georgia (GMSA) Germany (bvmd) Ghana (FGMSA) Greece (HelMSIC) Grenada (IFMSAGrenada) Guatemala (IFMSAGuatemala) Guinea (AEM) Guyana (GuMSA) Haiti (AHEM) Honduras (IFMSAHonduras) Hungary (HuMSIRC) Iceland (IMSA) India (MSAI) Indonesia (CIMSA-ISMKI) Iran (IMSA) Iraq (IFMSA-Iraq) Iraq – Kurdistan (IFMSAKurdistan) Ireland (AMSI) Israel (FIMS) Italy (SISM) Jamaica (JAMSA) Japan (IFMSA-Japan) Jordan (IFMSA-Jo) Kazakhstan (KazMSA) Kenya (MSAKE) Korea (KMSA) Kosovo - Serbia (KOMS) Kuwait (KuMSA) Latvia (LaMSA) Lebanon (LeMSIC) Lesotho (LEMSA)
Libya (LMSA) Lithuania (LiMSA) Luxembourg (ALEM) Malawi (UMMSA) Malaysia (SMMAMS) Mali (APS) Malta (MMSA) Mexico (AMMEF-Mexico) Montenegro (MoMSIC) Morocco (IFMSAMorocco) Nepal (NMSS) The Netherlands (IFMSA NL) Nicaragua (IFMSANicaragua) Nigeria (NiMSA) Norway (NMSA) Oman (MedSCo) Pakistan (IFMSA-Pakistan) Palestine (IFMSA-Palestine) Panama (IFMSA-Panama) Paraguay (IFMSAParaguay) Peru (IFMSA-Peru) Peru (APEMH) Philippines (AMSAPhilippines) Poland (IFMSA-Poland) Portugal (ANEM) Qatar (QMSA) Republic of Moldova (ASRM) Romania (FASMR) Russian Federation (HCCM) Russian Federation – Republic of Tatarstan (TaMSA) Rwanda (MEDSAR) Saint Lucia (IFMSA-Saint Lucia) Senegal (FNESS)
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Serbia (IFMSA-Serbia) Sierra Leone (SLEMSA) Singapore (AMSASingapore) Slovakia (SloMSA) Slovenia (SloMSIC) South Africa (SAMSA) Spain (IFMSA-Spain) Sudan (MedSIN) Sweden (IFMSA-Sweden) Switzerland (swimsa) Syrian Arab Republic (SMSA) Taiwan - China (FMS) Tajikistan (TJMSA) Thailand (IFMSA-Thailand) The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MMSA) Tanzania (TaMSA) Togo (AEMP) Trinidad and Tobago (TTMSA) Tunisia (Associa-Med) Turkey (TurkMSIC) Turkey – Northern Cyprus (MSANC) Uganda (FUMSA) Ukraine (UMSA) United Arab Emirates (EMSS) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (SfGH) United States of America (AMSA-USA) Uruguay (IFMSA-URU) Uzbekistan (Phenomenon) Venezuela (FEVESOCEM) Yemen (NAMS) Zambia (ZaMSA) Zimbabwe (ZIMSA)