revised final project proposal (ifmsa aprm 2012 bangladesh)

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Project Proposal

The 9th IFMSA Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting19th

– 22nd September, 2012

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Hosted by:

Bangladesh Medical Students’ Society (BMSS)

BMSS Secretariat

House#G-49; Road#14; Niketan; Gulshan; Dhaka-1212; Bangladesh

Telephone: +880 171 632 2966; +880 171 742 8271; +880 161 200 1245

E-mail: [email protected]; Web: www.bmss.org.bd

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Project Proposal - IFMSA Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting 2012

Table of Contents

Summary Fact Sheet 3

Contact Information 4

Background 5

Objectives 7

Methodology 8

Qualification 9

Annex 1 Visa Requirements

Annex 2 Preliminary Program

Annex 3 Estimated Maximum Budget

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19th – 22nd September, 2012 - Towards Health Equity

Summary Fact Sheet

Title IFMSA Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting 2012 Theme Towards Health Equity Organizer International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations

(IFMSA)Bangladesh Medical Students’ Society (BMSS)

Date 19th – 22nd September, 2012

Venue Jamuna Resort, Bhuapur, Tangail

Number of Participants 200 Number of Participating Countries 16 Important Restrictions Basically there are no specific restrictions for Foreign

Nationals visiting Bangladesh, but we prefer them not toleave the Venue premises without prior notification due tosafety issues.

Goals To unite medical students of Asia-pacific region on acommon goal to build a healthy future for Asia and theOceania countries.

Exchange information, knowledge and good practicesamongst the participants through the various sessions ofStanding Committees, SWGs, presentations, discussions,etc.

To build leaderships qualities through trainings.

To promote exchange within the Asia-pacific region. To educate students regarding Root of Health Inequalities

To educate students regarding equity in the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases.

To enhance public awareness of IFMSA, its projects andthe problems addressed by IFMSA.

Estimated Maximum Budget Approximately USD 66,541.00 Registration Fees Early Registration

A & B Catagory NMO - USD 100 C & D Catagory NMO - USD 150

E & F Catagory NMO - USD 200

Late Registration

A & B Catagory NMO - USD 130 C & D Catagory NMO - USD 180 E & F Catagory NMO - USD 230 Observer - USD 280

Fundraising Scheme Collecting sponsors from Corporate House, Banks,Investment Corporations and a few PharmaceuticalCompanies.

Fund Raising Programs and Activities (i.e. Concerts, Film

Show etc.)

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Contact Information

Organizing Chairperson

SALAHUDDIN MOHAMMAD

Mobile: (+880) 1716322966Email: [email protected]

Secretary

TANWIR HASSAN

Mobile: (+880) 1729703515Email: [email protected]

OC Treasurer

AHMED ASIF FERDOUS Mobile: (+880) 1715004253Email: [email protected]

BMSS Secretariat c/o, Shihab Arefin ChowdhuryHouse#G-49; Road#14; Niketan; GulshanDhaka-1212; BangladeshPhone: (+880) 2 9893760Fax: (+880) 2 9892741Email: [email protected]

Website www.bmss.org.bd

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Background

Millions of years ago it is said that all the lands of our mother earth were joined together, butwith the sands of time, the earth evolved, a phenomenon known as the continental drift,divided the lands of our earth into continents, mostly separated by water.

Fast forwarding through history, geographical distances were gravely increased as mendivided themselves according to color, belief and race. Torn apart by centuries of war andviolence, men stand divided.

Over the Years, it has not been an anecdote in history, but rather the core, that responsiblephysicians saved the day.

The physicians are the superheroes of all time, starting from Hippocrates, not Batman orSuperman nor Spiderman. Medical students are the loyal sidekicks, who are equallycontributing in saving the world before bed time.

IFMSA is by far the best example as to how medical students are contributing in the savingthe world.

The members of the Asia-pacific region, gets to meet each other at the MMs and AMs everyyear, but exclusively during the APRMs. Hundreds of medical students meets at the APRMto obtain valuable medical knowledge, meet new friends, and promote culturalunderstanding between member nations.

This time, the APRM will be held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The revolutionary city,where blood was shed for the freedom to speak in its mother-tongue, which today marks 21st

February, International Mother Language Day.

Bangladesh Medical Students' Society will host the APRM 2012 at BRAC-CDM, Savar.

This year's theme of the regional meeting will be 'Towards Health Equity.'

Bangladesh is a developing country. As a hardworking nation, the country is in the phasewhere it is on all limbs for development. Due to its ample labor force, Bangladesh isindustrializing at a rapid rate. As any other developed country that came out of the darknessof being a developing country, Bangladesh is cladding itself with industrialization.

Bangladesh was born in the year of 1971, after a bloody and gruesome nine months offighting, being decapitated, raped and tortured. The whole nation rebelled and won its own

independence. A hardworking and a diligent nation, Bangladeshis have not only proven tobe brave and patriotic but a hardworking nation striving to make a better country, a betterBangladesh.

Along with the wind of change that brought industrialization, improvement in the health caresector has been ostensible in this region. A delta in category, Bangladesh is poised with a lotof diseases which still exist, due to insufficient improvement in the healthcare system.

Due to the population blast since its inception, Bangladesh, suffers from a wide spectrum ofdiseases such as diarrhea, tuberculosis, leprosy etc. Though ostensible in the healthcaresystem, control and treatment for infectious diseases has leaped sky high, such as discoveryof Oral Rehydration Therapy, other fields such as a universal model for reducing MMR.

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The condition, though unwanted, gives a wide spectrum of choice for students to work andenhance their experience and skills on community health, reproductive health, and runresearches on combating infectious diseases.

A famous Asian philosopher once said “So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminatethe whole earth.”

Come, let us unite and together build a better future for our great nation that is Asia.

Illuminate Asia!

SALAHUDDIN MOHAMMAD Organizing ChairpersonMobile: (+880) 1716322966Email: [email protected]

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Objectives

1. To unite medical students of Asia-pacific region on a common goal to build a heathyfuture for Asia and the Oceania countries.

2. Exchange information, knowledge and good practices amongst the participantsthrough the various sessions of Standing Committees, SWGs, presentations,discussions, etc.

3. To build leaderships qualities through trainings.

4. To enable the participants enough skills, knowledge, tools, and experiences tocombat infectious diseases and teach what they have learned back home.

5. To enhance public awareness of IFMSA, its projects and the problems addressed by

IFMSA.

6. To facilitate the flow of knowledge, ideas, and experiences between medical studentsfrom different countries.

7. To encourage exchange programs from/to Asian countries for clerkship or research.

8. To help students stay updated on different medical issues: medical education, publichealth, reproductive health including HIV/AIDS, refugees and peace.

9. To instruct medical students with leadership and management skills via trainingsessions.

10. To provide a forum for medical students around the region to learn from each other.

Expected Outcome

1. Regional projects from each standing committees

2. Regional professional exchange

3. Medical students' awareness on health equity

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Methodology

Working Committee

Throughout the entire meeting, working committees are provided for each standingcommittee (SCOPE, SCOPH, SCORA, SCOME, SCORE, SCORP) and the presidents from

member countries. Each working committee is a perfect venue for medical students toexchange ideas, engage in discussions, and interact with each other. Each workingcommittee is comprised of medical students from different countries. This will encourage andinspire each member of the committee to learn something from each other and share theircountry’s health problems, social and economic background, and culture.

ThemeThe theme of this Regional Meeting will be Towards Health Equity. The participants will beintroduced to the theme through workshops and field work. This will allow participants to gainmore awareness and knowledge on the theme and to facilitate interaction among membersfrom different countries. We expect to have qualified speakers from WHO, James P grant

School of Public Health, NIPSOM and ICDDR,B for the workshop sessions.

Workshop

The purpose of the workshop in the Regional Meeting is to allow members from eachcountry to learn in depth about the theme. The format of the workshop is different each year.Participants during the workshop will have a chance to learn about the theme via lectures,multimedia presentations and many more. The workshop is a vital part of the RegionalMeeting that will help participants in gaining valuable knowledge on the theme.

Field Work

The idea of f ield work is to provide hands-on experience for participants to know more aboutthe theme. Also, it is an effective way to let participants to see the issues related to thetheme. Field work allows participants to actively take part in activities that enables them togain valuable experiences to share and take back to their own country.

Poster Competition

This is the f irst time we are planning to introduce poster competition in the Regional Meeting.The idea is to spread the in depth knowledge on the theme in a very competitive manner asa way of exchanging views among the participants.

Training SessionVarious training sessions provided during the Regional Meeting will be held by trainers fromdifferent countries. The sessions will be run by IFMSA Officials who have extendedexperience in their work. The goal of these training sessions is to supply participants withcrucial skills to run activities and various projects. The training topics provided will bedifferent each year and may include the following:

Leadership Project Management

NMO Management

Intercultural Learning Time Management

Project Proposal Writing Fundraising

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IFMSA is a federation, which respects the autonomy of its members, the NMO's. The NMO'scan decide which activities they take part in and what new activities should be developed.

The main activities of IFMSA are student exchanges and different projects. Around 10,000medical students each year participate in international medical student exchanges, bothprofessional and academic (research). IFMSA organizes projects, programs, seminars andworkshops on areas of public health, medical education, reproductive health and humanrights and peace. The efforts are coordinated in Standing Committees:

Standing Committee on Medical Education (SCOME) Forum for active discussion for medical students interested in developing medicaleducation. The overall goal is the implementation of an optimal learning environmentfor all medical students around the world.

Standing Committee on Professional Exchange (SCOPE) Coordinates the international exchange of medical students within hospitals providing

opportunities to experience the healthcare system and culture of other countries.

Standing Committee on Research Exchange (SCORE) Allows students interested in medical research the possibility to experience researchwork in a foreign country.

Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH) Emphasizes the importance of public health issues in medical education and thecommunity. The promotion of a healthy lifestyle through the eradication of smoking,improvement in diet and increasing physical activity is one of the goals. Currentlythere are, amongst others, international projects in India, Romania, Rwanda andBrazil.

Standing Committee on Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS (SCORA)

Aims to raise awareness among medical students about reproductive healthincluding sexual education, gender equity, sexual violence as well as sexuallytransmitted diseases.

Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace (SCORP)

Committed to promoting human rights and peace. As future health care professionalsthey work towards empowering and improving the health of refugees and othervulnerable people.

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Bangladesh Medical Students’ Society (BMSS)

The medical students of Bangladesh, dreamed of a nation free of sickness. We realize that

we can do more for people. But there was always a lack of networking among the medicalstudents of Bangladesh. Through formal organization, we can be networked and benefit notonly our communities but also ourselves. It is for this reason that we establish theBangladesh Medical Students’ Society.

The Bangladesh Medical Students’ Society is dedicated to the improvement of health careand health care delivery system as well as medical education, so that health care maybecome more personal and holistic in a world of increasing technology and efficiency. Wedefine health as a positive, dynamic state of physical, mental and social well-being, andtherefore, believe that health care should be oriented toward the achievement of health andnot solely a treatment of disease.

As a developing country we believe that access to health care is a right, not a privilege. Thisimplies equal access to equally standards of health care regardless of economic status,political beliefs, cultural background, geographic position, race, creed, national origin, age,sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, physical handicap, mental handicap orinstitutionalization for criminal, medical or psychiatric reasons. Since resources are limited,they should be allocated so that they equitably promote the public health; and thus toupgrade the integrity of the medical education for the betterment of the country. In allaspects of its function, this society will emphasize integrity, equality, ethics and competencefor medical students in the world.

Objectives

Provide an arena for medical students, to convey their voice to all levels of thegovernment and other relevant stakeholders in the medical educational area.

Give medical students a ground to take initiatives for building a betterBANGLADESH.

Provide a link between medical students from different medical colleges andinternational organizations, for cultural exchange and bridging cooperation betweenthem.

The Society will be a platform for medical students to discuss, formulate policies andconduct workshop on community health, global health, education and science.

The Society will play the role of a medium for professional development of medicalstudents, by involving them in international and national training programs.

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Annex 1 Visa Requirements

Citizens of most countries require valid Visa to enter Bangladesh. Delegates may need to

apply for Tourist Visa (T-type Visa) in order to participate the APRM. Procedure for Visa

application will require the following steps:

● Personal Appearance of the Applicant

● Minimum 06 (six) months valid Passport● 03 Duly Filled-in Visa Application Forms. (Incomplete application will be returned without Visa)

● 03 (three) Photocopies of ID card (NIC/CNIC/Ration Card)● 03 (three) Photocopies of Passport● 03 (three) Copies Photographs (with any background)

● 03 (three) Copies of Invitation Letter from Bangladesh● Appropriate amount of Visa Fee (nationals of some country may not require to pay

any Visa Fee)

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Annex 2 Preliminary Programme

Time Day o

Sep 19th

Day I

Sep 20th

Day II

Sep 21th

Day III

Sep 22th Day III

Sep 23th

7:00 – 7:30

Free

AirportPick-up

Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast at Bus Breakfast

7:30 – 8:00

8:00 – 8:30

Standingcommittee

& president

session2

Standingcommittee &

president

session3

Day tour

Check out

&

Departure

8:30 – 9:00

9:00 – 9:30 Arrival and

welcomeDrinks

9:30 – 10:00

10:00 – 10:30

10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 11:30

Registration, Hotel

Check-in &

Lunch Box

NMO Hour

Exhibition II:

(Postercompetetion)

11:30 –

12:00

12:00 – 12:30 Oc Bus

onLunch Lunch

12:30 – 13:00

13:00 – 13:30

ThemeEvent 1

Theme Event2

13:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 14:30

New comers’

session IceBraking Time

14:30 – 15:00

15:00 – 15:30

Tranning

session

1

Tranning

session 215:30 – 16:00

16:00 – 16:30

16:30 – 17:00 Standing

commettee&

president

session

1

17:00 –

17:30 Exhibition I:

(contract

Fair &

Project Fair)

NMO hour17:30 – 18:00

18:00 – 18:30

18:30 – 19:00

19:00 – 19:30

Dinner

Dinner At

River bank

19:30 – 20:00Free Time

Award

Presentation,

ClosingCeremony

&

TraditionalBengaliDinner

20:00 – 20:30

20:30 – 21:00

Opening ceremony &

with Dinner21:00 – 21:30

21:30 – 22:00 RegionalFood and

DrinkingParty

22:00 – 22:30

22:30 –

23:00

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Annex 3 Estimated Maximum Budget

Accommodation, Food & Venue USD 29,359

Internet and Communication USD 8,027

Transport & Logistics USD 14,718

Printing & Publication USD 4,667

Social Program USD 5,103

Welcome Kit USD 2,667

Contingency Fund USD 2,000

Total USD 66,541

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Core Members of the Organizing Committee

IFMSA Asia-Pacific Regional

Coordinator

Ramon Lorenzo Luis Rosa Guinto

[email protected]

Organizing Committee Chairperson Salahuddin [email protected]

Vice-ChairMehnaz Rubaiyat Muna

[email protected]

SecretaryTanwir Hassan

[email protected]

Joint SecretaryM. Tasdik Hasan Dip

[email protected]

OC Treasurer

Ahmed Asif Ferdous

[email protected]

FundraisingOfficers:Md. Shajedur Rahman Shawon

[email protected]

S M Iftekhar Uddin

[email protected]

Mahfoozur Rahman

[email protected]

Event CoordinatorSilvia Fahim

[email protected]

Media & Publication CoordinatorSarah [email protected]

Pre-RM CoordinatorRhedeya Nuri [email protected]

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Visa & Registration CoordinatorShahir Nazib Rakib

[email protected]

Exhibition CoordinatorSadia Rahman Aurin

aurin [email protected]

Supervising Councilors:Dewan Muinul Islam

[email protected]

Shihab Arefin Chowdhury [email protected]

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