IFMSA Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting 2014 Bangladesh

Disaster Risk Management: Every Second Counts - Each Life Matters Physicians are today’s superheroes, saving lives through optimized health care services.

Yet, they are at cross roads between an increasing variety of new diseases and epidemics. Medical students all over the world are their vital sidekicks, bridging the gaps between the by gone era and today’s state of the art medical advancements, and the IFMSA is the best example of how medical students help to save the world. Each year, the members of the Asia-pacific region meet each other at IFM

SA’s March Meeting and August Meeting, but there is something exclusive about the Asia Pacific Regional Meeting. Hundreds of medical students meet at the APRM to work on new issues, making new friends and becoming tomorrow’s change makers through better understanding of the theme and improved collaboration between member nations. We take this opportunity to humbly welcome you all, on behalf of Bangladesh Medical Students' Society, to this year’s Asia Pacific Regional Meeting in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. We are eagerly waiting for this opportunity to work with everyone on this year’s theme 'Disaster Risk Management: Every Second Counts – Each Life Matters’, noting the increasing importance of disaster management and disaster preparedness in the Asia-Pacific region. Bangladesh is a developing country, striving every day to overcome the various economical, geopolitical and social obstacles it faces. We make headlines every now and then, for our natural disasters and accidents. Yet, we come out resilient, making good use of our scarce resources – evident in an overall reduction in lives lost in disasters. To us, Every Second Counts & Each Life Matters, regardless of how devastating our calamities are. Even then, sometimes we are outwitted by the severity of the catastrophes we face, as observed with the collapse of a building last year, costing the lives of many beloved garments’ workers. This is a grave issue that reflects how disaster preparedness and planned allotment of resources can help curb the severity of accidents. Asia happens to top the death toll for natural disasters. The Asia – Pacific region is a hot bed of earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones and typhoons. The aftermath of any disaster here raises economic, political and social turmoil. Sometimes, the effects are so far-reaching that nations beyond the Asia-Pacific expanse have to be on alert, as exemplified by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. All in all, every nation has a long way to go towards reducing the mortality and morbidity rates in relation to disasters and accidents. Our aim, for APRM2014, is to raise awareness among each other about the difficulties faced in managing disasters and stimulate a reduction in casualties through disaster preparedness. As we build new ties and work in unison, we hope to promote the essence of long term regional collaboration. In effect, APRM2014 will be an apt follow up to the August Meeting 2014, in Taiwan, where the topics of sustainable health care and sustainable environment will come under scrutiny under the theme “Sustainable Development for the New Era”. Sustaining health care services during a disaster is the key to reducing disaster associated death tolls, while fostering a sustainable environment guarantees less man-made disasters plus a safer environment for everyone, anywhere in the world. This gracious opportunity to work on disaster management via APRM2014 in Dhaka, in just our 5th year with IFMSA, will serve to fortify Bangladesh’s role as an effective member of the IFMSA. As a relatively new member of IFMSA and in having participated in numerous General Assemblies and meetings, we have been able to work locally and make noticeable improvements in the fields we have been engaged in. Conversely, medical students will get a splendid chance to explore the root of disasters in the APRM2014, and take lessons home that will help them make Every second count, Each life matter.

16/09/2015

It's been a year! Hah!

The Pre-RM kicked off on mid September just a year back... Here's a shout out to all the delegates, officials and the Bangladesh Medical Students' Society (BMSS) members who participated in the Pre-RM :)

Who still remembers the date on which APRM 2014 kicked off?

27/02/2015

Hello family!

Bangladesh Medical Students' Society (BMSS) proudly presents the largest ever delegation in its history for the IFMSA 64th General Assembly March Meeting 2015 Turkey! We can't wait to catch up!!!

Let's have a look at our Delegation:
1. Dr. Monjurul Haque, President, BMSS (Head of Delegation)
2. Yameen Hamid, Secretary General, BMSS
3. Dr. Sabrina Saba Mumu, Vice-President (Internal Affairs), BMSS
4. Dr. Saeem Arafat Hossain, Treasurer, BMSS
5. Imtiaz Hafiz, NOME, BMSS
6. Fahim Abrar Hossain, NORA, BMSS
7. Tonmoy Sarkar Rahul, NORP, BMSS
8. Ashiqur Rahman Moon, LPO, BMSS
9. Asir Mohammad Sharif, LEO, BMSS
10. Dr. Faniqul Islam Shibbir, Member, BMSS
11. Suhiti Munir, Member, BMSS

10/01/2015

A shout out to March Meeting 2015 Turkey :)

Who's heading there from the crowd???

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#youifmsa: Meet IFMSA Team of Officials 2014/15

29/10/2014

Familiar faces? Do check out what some of these fellas we met @ got to say... we miss them, don't we? :)

This is your IFMSA Team of Officials. We are thrilled to have the honor to serve the Federation for the year to come and we commit to work passionately for the betterment of IFMSA. Above all, we hope you connect, engage, share and meet with you soon!

Don't forget to watch & share this short video we have prepared for you: http://youtu.be/4hFe5Gu_GuM.

28/10/2014

Hi every1! It's been a while, huh? Here's a shout out to Institute of Healthcare Development (IHD) - they conducted the training session on Basic Life Saving Skills during :)

IHD conducted AHA BLS overview Training which was organized by International Federation of Medical Student Association (IFMSA). The day long program facilitated by Dr. Md. Manowar Hossain, Dr. Raghib Manzoor, Dr. AKM Waliullah and Mr. Golam Azam Khan. All the participants were Medical Students, came from different countries.

25/09/2014

Just last weekend, we were huddled up in Bangladesh... was ON full throttle... And we were getting to know each other. We were training together, dining together, taking a thousand pics - which are no match for the memories.

This weekend, most of us are back home, far away from Bangladesh. We might be dispersed, but I know I don't speak solely for myself when I say that we are missing it all. No matter where we come from, we have teamed up beyond our NMOs and territories. We are a family now... The family!

Wanna press rewind?

Well, there's no rewind button... but... there's social media. Let's tag this page to our posts and pictures, and use the hashtag . It's easier to track posts about APRM this way.

If you're using the hashtag & posting publicly, I'll be sharing your posts to this page!

Please lemme know of any other hashtag about in use.

Wherever you all are, take care.

- Sid

21/09/2014

Is it just me or we're missing the crowd already???

Let's dive into memories of all the good times we've had... Here's a shout out to Circus Police! They had us grooving to awesome tracks like Get Lucky, Billie Jean, Wasn't me & their fabulous during the opening ceremony of IFMSA Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting 2014 Bangladesh and boy, are they fun!

Btw, don't forget to tag this page to your uploads!

Circus Police Rock | Dhaka, BD

21/09/2014

20/09/2014

The last bus for delegates and OC members just took off from the venue... We're headed to the airport!

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Courtesy: Johnny

20/09/2014

OMG it's over!!!

It was an uh-mazing experience meeting up medical students from various corners of the Asia Pacific, interacting and learning from the fabulous IFMSA officials... As IFMSA members and future medical service providers, we have a long way to go and we, the team, can only hope that these 3 days will have a subtle impact on our journey in the field of Medical Science.

Thank you all, and do stay in touch! We're looking forward to seeing photos and videos from you fellas... Please tag the page whenever you're uploading anything, we'll be uploading some soon.

Feel free to give us some feedback anytime!

Goodnight, and have a safe trip back home :)

20/09/2014

We had a blast at the International Food & Drinks Party last night... A great ending to a long day! Standing Committee sessions wrapped up already... Another long day, and the last!

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