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East Asian Medical Students Conference was held in January 12th to 16th.

The East Asian Medical Students’ Conference, is an annual conference hosted by various cities around East Asia. At it’s inception, it aimed inspire delegates to become active in the amelioration of global healthcare problems through networking with other medical students from the East Asian region. More recently, it has expanded to involve delegates from all AMSA-International chapters allowing the exchange of ideas, knowledge and cultural understanding.

The EAMSC continues to inspire medical students to analyse global health issues more closely and to utilise the role of medical students in the promotion of public health. It challenges students to think beyond what is learnt at university through various academic and cultural activities which explore a nominated conference theme.

Here are report from participants from 10 countries.

Post EAMSC Australia

Post EAMSC Korea

Post EAMSC Indonesia

Post EAMSC Hong Kong

Post EAMSC Indonesia

Post EAMSC Japan

Post EAMSC New Zeland

Post EAMSC Philippines

Post EAMSC Taiwan

Post- EAMSC Thailand

 18th November 2013

My fellow AMSA members from the Philippines, the Asia-Pacific region, and beyond,

On the 8th of November, 2013, the Philippines was subjected to the Supertyphoon Haiyan, which caused a large loss of life and mass devastation in the Visayas islands in the Philippines. At the time of writing, it has been reported that in the Philippines, 3,976 people are dead, 18,175 are injured and 1,590 people still remain missing. Total damages in agriculture and infrastructure have been reported to amount to PHP 10,339,290,061 (equivalent to $USD 236,924,831).

While the Supertyphoon Haiyan has since dissipated, focus has been placed on the aftermath of the disaster, where government, local, national and international agencies have faced logistical problems as a result of the extreme damage to infrastructure. Unknown numbers of survivors do not have access to clean water, food and medicine, which is crucial in the acute stages of post-disaster management.

On behalf of AMSA International, I would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the victims of the Supertyphoon Haiyan, and extend AMSA International’s support to AMSA Philippines in providing support and aid to those affected by this disaster. I hereby initiate the disaster response protocols of the Tokyo Declaration, of which all the Regional Chairpersons of AMSA International agreed upon and signed at the East Asian Medical Students’ Conference in Tokyo, Japan on the 30th December, 2012. As per protocols, an emergency fund has been set up for AMSA Philippines to use in their disaster relief and aid projects.

For more information on how individual AMSA members can provide assistance or donations to the relief efforts, please contact the Regional Chairperson of your local AMSA chapter. We have set up an Emergency Bulletin Board, which will be updated with regular news and photographs from the members of AMSA Philippines and those helping with humanitarian aid, and can be accessed on Facebook at

https://www.facebook.com/amsasresponsetosupertyphoonhaiyan.

We hope that AMSA Philippines, with the support of AMSA International, can improve the post-disaster situation of all those affected by the Supertyphoon Haiyan.

Sincerely yours,

SAMUEL VO

Overall Chairperson

Asian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) International

chair@amsa-international.org

www.amsa-international.org

My fellow AMSA members from Pakistan, the Asia-Pacific region, and beyond,

As many of us have heard, on the Tuesday, the 24th of September, 2013, the Balochistan province’s remote Awaran district in Pakistan was hit with a 7.7-magnitude earthquake. At the time of writing, officials have confirmed 305 casualties in Awaran, and 43 in the neighbouring Kech district, figures that have continued to rise since the disaster’s first occurrence. Rescue workers have reported up to 80 percent of houses in the Awaran district have collapsed and road links have been disrupted from the tremor of the earthquake, obstructing relief efforts.

A state of emergency has been declared by the Balochistan government. The Pakistani government has responded by deploying soliders for rescue and relief efforts, and have made arrangements to send food, tents and blankets to the affected areas, with more than 2000 tents and food packages reaching the affected areas thus far.

On behalf of AMSA International, I would like to bring attention to the Pakistan Earthquake of 2013, and extend AMSA International’s support to AMSA Pakistan in hopes of overcoming this disaster. I hereby initiate the disaster response protocols of the Tokyo Declaration, all of which have been agreed upon and signed by the Regional Chairpersons of AMSA International at the East Asian Medical Students’ Conference in Tokyo, Japan on the 30th December, 2012. In the same manner as when the Tokyo Declaration protocols were last initiated in response to the floods in Jakarta, Indonesia earlier this year, an emergency fund has been set up for AMSA Pakistan to use in their relief and aid project.

For more information on how individual AMSA members can help those in need, please contact your local Regional Chairperson. Our Emergency Bulletin Board, which will be updated with news directly from our friends in AMSA Pakistan, can be accessed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/amsasresponsetopakistanearthquake2013

Sincerely yours,

SAMUEL VO

Overall Chairperson
Asian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) International

chair@amsa-international.org
www.amsa-international.org

Calling all paper and review writers! J-AMSA is holding it’s first research and review contest – be sure to submit your best work, be it original or adapted from research assignments for judging and publishing!

Papers must be a minimum of 1000 words for review paper and 2000 words for original research.

The deadline for submission is June 10, 2013

Please email submissions and/or questions to Numan, our Editor in Chief of J-AMSA at jamsa@amsa-international.org

For more information, click here

Best of luck!