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Federation of African Medical Students' Associations

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	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
Geographic scope:	Regional Africa
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
Mission statement:	Statement of Intent FAMSA aims to serve as a basis for bringing global knowledge and expertise to bear on local situations and for generating results for achieving youth participation in society; ownership of action; African cooperation and a better destiny for the people of Africa. Vision To become a strong network of medical students, aware of global health issues and responsive to contemporary questions facing the medical profession and global health. Aims and objectives • To project the image of the African medical students both on the continent and international scene • To enhance and broaden the general and special education of member medical students in and about various parts of Africa as a special furtherance of the diligent efforts of the medical schools, and thus to contribute to the improvement of medical education in Africa. • To establish contact with every Medical Students’ Association in Africa on purely professional matters. • To promote exchange by way of international correspondences. Publication of news of medical interest through journals and the organization of professional exchange of medical students between various countries. • To generate initiative in population and Health surveys as well as in bio-medical findings on all matters pertaining to health in Africa. • To encourage and assist member associations in fulfilling the essence of this education, which is to contribute towards the improvement of the health conditions in Africa by rendering help in all projects where medical students can be of assistance.
Year established:	1968
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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