Happenings in Aug 2010

Hey everyone,

I know the blog is kinda dead. But, the BOD will try our best to revive it and update this page as frequently as possible, especially when there is a new activity coming up. For now, our IMU delegates consisting of Sem 2's, Sem 3's and Sem 4's are in Indonesia for Asian Medical Student Conference 2010, themed "Geriatrics". Hehe, just sent them off at 6am on Sat morning. Hope they have a good time :) and bring back some awesome souvenirs.

AMSA T-Shirt

T-shirt A

T-Shirt B

p/s: BODs please send email to me to let me know which one you prefer. Thanks. =)

E Li

22nd East Asian Medical Students’ Conference, Kuala Lumpur 2009

EAMSC, a.k.a. East Asian Medical Students' Conference is an annual convention by the Asian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA).

The upcoming EAMSC will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!!! It will be hosted by Monash University, at Sunway Hotel.



So the details are as follows:

Venue : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date : 7th ~ 11th January 2009
Theme : Engaging Asia-Pacific Youth in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Host : Asian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) and Monash University

Supported by : Malaysia Aids Council

But this event is only opened to those who took part in the EAMSC poster competition as well as paper competition.


Some info about AMSA and EAMSC:

The Asian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) is a non-political, non-sectarian, and non-profitable student-led organization. Officially founded in Manila, Philippines in 1985, AMSA presently has 15 member countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom.

AMSA’s Vision is Knowledge, Action and Friendship; the aim of AMSA is to promote cooperation amongst medical students in Asia and Oceania.

The EAMSC is one of the two conferences organized by annually AMSA, the other being the Asian Medical Students’ Conference (AMSC). It is hosted every January/February by one of the member countries/regions, and around 300 medical students gather to discuss medical and health problems, exchange knowledge, and learn about cultural diversities.

The theme of the 22^nd EAMSC is ‘Engaging Asia-Pacific Youth in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS’. The incidence and prevalence HIV infections in Asian countries have exploded over the past decade. Furthermore, many important prevention interventions, such as harm reduction among intravenous drug users (IDU) and condom promotion, are still severely under funded in many countries. Evidently, the issue of HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific is one of utmost importance – this sets the tone for the 22^nd EAMSC.

LiM KiAn =)

Click here for more details... ^^

AMSA upcoming Events!!!!

Hey people! AMSA IMU has just finished the last event of the NCD (non-communicable disease) week yesterday, that is the Charity Home visit. Thank you for all the supports throughout the whole event. We know there are still much spaces for improvement, and we will always try our best to make every event we organise as successful as possible. Yet your support is still the most important factor!

Wanna let you all know that, there will be 2 upcoming events of AMSA!!

1) UMS post-conference project

This is a 5 days project include cultural night, health promotion in penampang, visit to school and hospital and of course not missing out sight-seeing. For sight seeing, will be visiting kundasang, poring hot spring, canopy walk and kinabalu park.

Venue : UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Starts From : 18th December 2008 (Thursday), 7.00am
Ends At : 22nd December 2008 (Monday), 11.40pm

The admission fee is very reasonable (Excluded flight ticket)!! Will update again for the exact price.
Come on! This is open to everybody, and you can learn a lot from it, as well as enjoy a great trip to Sabah! But there is limited seats, so there might be interview session for those who are interested, if the number of applicants is too much.

Anyone who is interested, what you need to do is just to send an e-mail to our AMSA president, Darren Yap, that you are keen in taking part. He will send you the details of the proposal, as well as what you need to do.

This is his e-mail address: darrenyap.jx@gmail.com

Hesitate? Email now!!!! =)



LiM KiAn =)

NCD Week

What is NCD?
A non-communicable disease or NCD is a disease which is not infectious. Such diseases may result from genetic or lifestyle factors. A Non-communicable Disease is an illness that is caused by something other than a pathogen. It might result from hereditary factors, improper diet, smoking, or other factors Those resulting from lifestyle factors are sometimes called diseases of affluence.

Examples include hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mental health problems, asthma, cancer, etc....

The non-communicable diseases are spread by: heredity, surroundings and behavior.

(from wikipedia)

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AMSA IMU is organising the NCD Week with the help from Campus Friends and Music Club. The NCD Week is held on 6 Oct till 11 Oct. Please come and join all the activities. =)

We are also selling our club T-shirts. Please come and have a look of the t-shirts at our booths at Atrium during the food fair on 7 - 9 Oct.

Have a pleasant day. =)