Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Education
HIV/AIDS
Population
Refugees
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Information and communication technologies
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Men and boys
Millennium Development Goals
Policy advice
Research
Service provision
The girl child
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Women and the media
Women and the media
Women in power and decision-making
Population:
International migration
Morbidity and mortality
Population distribution and internal migration
Population growth
Population structure
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
Social Development:
Aging
Conflict
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Climate change
Education
Gender equality
Health
Partnerships
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Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Organizational structure: |
FAMSA Structure
FAMSA consists of five organs of action. FAMSA serves as an umbrella body for their activities – facilitating the exchange of ideas, enabling student exchanges and acting as a collective voice for the medical students of Africa on issues affecting them and the continent.
I. The General Assembly and Scientific Conference
This is the highest authority and policy making arm of FAMSA. It usually holds annually at a medical school in Africa as determined by the General Assembly. The purpose of the General Assembly is to formulate FAMSA policies, direct her activities and to elect FAMSA officials.
Scientific sessions are held on topical health issues, with students and resource persons presenting papers regarding the theme of the General Assembly. In addition, workshops are held to discuss the issues that emerge in the papers. The aim of the workshops is also to draft the resolution of the General Assembly. These resolutions are then discussed and adopted at a plenary session.
Secondly, the General Assembly provides the opportunity for FAMSA programs in the preceding year to be evaluated. New programs may also be initiated. These are usually done at the Business meetings during the General Assembly.
II. The Permanent Headquarters
This institution serves as the archival centre, a pivot for membership recruitment, inter-agency collaboration, building of partnerships and fundraising.
It assumes the functions of the Executive Council whenever the tenure of an existing one lapses and a new one yet to be constituted by the General Assembly; and is hosted by the Ibadan Medical School.
III. The FAMSA Executive Council
This consists of office holders. These office holders are elected at the General Assembly. The body is charged with carrying out specific duties assigned at the General Assembly.
The Executive Council comprise the following officers:
President
Vice President
Secretary-General
Deputy Secretary-General
Treasurer
Chairmen of the five Standing Committees
Regional Co-ordinators for East, West, North, Central and Southern Africa
IV. Medical Students’ Associations (MSA)
These are faculty-based association of medical students in the various medical colleges in African Universities. They constitute the membership of FAMSA and are also the body through which FAMSA executes her programmes.
V. Standing Committees
There are at present 5 standing committees. These are:
I. Standing Committee on Health and Environment (SCOHE)
II. Standing Committee on Medical Education and Research (SCOMER)
III. Standing Committee on Professional Exchange (SCOPE)
IV. Standing Committee on Publication (SCOPUB)
V. Standing Committee on Refugees and Population Activity. |
Number and type of members: |
Members are Medical Students' Associations across Africa. |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
African Union, Ipas Africa Alliance |
Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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