Greetings, dear People of Tomorrow!
It is with great pleasure that we share this exciting news with you, the Public Health Subsidiary of AMSA International has officially undergone Scope Expansion to include Global Health, thus retitling it to the Global Health subsidiary of AMSA International. This scope expansion was officially accepted by all AMSA Chapters on 3 January 2021 during the Executive Board Meeting at EAMSC 2021, thus marking the historic re-launch of the subsidiary.
The major points of consideration guiding this scope expansion were as follows:
- AMSA Global Health subsidiary will mainly focus on training AMSA members in Global Health Systems, Global Health Architecture and Global Health Policies to learn and develop skills such as policy-making, leadership, rapporteur training, etc.;
- The subsidiary will serve as a platform for trained members to partake in international global health discussions, conferences, and events;
- The subsidiary will function optimally as the literal definition with proper relations liaised to the World Health Organization (WHO);
- The Asian Medical Students’ Association Community Service (AMSACS) initiative will be directly organised by AMSA Members themselves under the supervision of the subsidiary and its guidelines; and
- Asian Medical Students’ Outreach Programme (AMSOP) will serve as the international multistakeholder crowdfunding campaign and international humanitarian outreach of the subsidiary.
The Organisation of the Committee:
The Director of Global Health (DoGH) of AMSA International is the utmost position in the Global Health subsidiary, governing the hierarchy. The National DoPGH (Director of Public & Global Health) of respective chapters have the responsibility to assist the DoGH of AMSA International at the chapter level and initiate local public health advocacies. The International DoGH along with the National DoPGH aims to bring together the medical students around Asia, Asia-Pacific & beyond to work together around various focus areas concerning Global Health and contribute towards improving the health and wellbeing of the surrounding community in general and society as a whole.
Presently the AMSA Global Health Committee consists of 20 N-DoPGHs from 15 AMSA chapters led by the International DoGH and supervised by 4 Senior Advisors forming the Global Health Advisory Board.
Global Health Executions:
The executions of the Global Health Subsidiary have been broadly divided into three categories:
1. Global Health Meetings (GHM)
2. Global Health Trainings (GHT)
3. Global Health Events (GHE)
Global Health Meetings (GHMs) refer to any official meeting convened by the Director of Global Health with the discretion of the Advisory Board and committee members. Global Health Events (GHEs) refer to all the events/campaigns/activities organised by the AMSA International Global Health Committee.
Global Health Trainings (GHTs) aim to train the members of AMSA International in Global Health Issues, Policies and equip them with the resources and opportunities to partake in international discussions and events. GHTs are designed in a simulatory fashion to include group activities like Small Group Discussions (SGDs) as well as encouraging critical thinking and practical applications and entail a certificate on completion of the training and associated assignments.
The first session of the Global Health Training: Global Health 101 is being organised on 21 February 2021 by our very diverse GHOC (Global Health Organising Committee) consisting of N-DoPGHs from 5 AMSA chapters.
The Global Health subsidiary of AMSA International aims to uphold and maintain the global health virtues (Action philosophy) of AMSA International. The subsidiary
functions to coordinate and promote global health initiatives at the international level, and public health initiatives at the country level. Working together, we hope to empower and train the medical students, by providing a platform to actively participate and contribute towards Global health, while serving the community productively with partners, across the country and around the world in settings that are often unfamiliar and challenging.
Best Regards
Khushman Kaur Bhullar
Director of Global Health
AMSA International 2020/2021