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CampaignsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES'S 'DROP THE CASE' PETITIONImage: Campaign Focus: Stop Cluster BombsImage: Campaign Focus: Organisation: Student & Involved with MSF? Is that Possible?
You might find yourself wanting to get involved with organisations like Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Merlin, Red Cross/Red Crescent or Medicins Du Monde, but being nothing but a student, you might only find closed doors: ‘Experience needed’, ‘no electives offered’ and ‘qualified personnel only’. Does that mean you have to wait till you qualify? Well, MSF for one specifies you need to have completed 2 years at senior house officer level before considering going out as a volunteer with them [1]. With the introduction of the Foundation Programme in August 2005, medical doctors completing the training will be required to have successfully completed F2 plus at least 1 year post F2 professional experience before you are ready to work for MSF. Nevertheless, getting involved with MSF is more than going out into the world, and as a student there is a wonderful variety of ways to support MSF, some of which are listed below. Personally, I have had an amazing time last year setting up the Sheffield ‘Friends of MSF’ (FoMSF) group, and the support from MSF head-office has been second to none. Furthermore, the speakers who came to speak were extremely supportive and had great patience in answering the multitude of questions which an excited student audience have to offer. Smoke: The Killer in the KitchenImage: Campaign Focus: Snap Immigration Ruling: UK-Trained Graduates Face Uncertain FutureSudden changes in UK immigration law, already in the news for their impact on overseas doctors, have also forced hundreds of students at UK medical schools to reevaluate their career plans. With immediate effect from April 3rd 2006 all doctors who are not residents of EEA countries have only been able to apply for training posts if their potential employer can prove that there are no EEA doctors available for that post. Importantly, this ruling also affects doctors from overseas who graduated from one of the UK's 31 medical schools and completed the 2 year foundation programme. Control Arms CampaignImage: Campaign Focus: News from the MSF/Treatment Action Campaign meeting at the 2nd South African AIDS ConferenceYesterday, over 1,500 people participated in the MSF/TAC meeting at the 2nd South African AIDS Conference. It was followed by a march to hand over a memorandum to the head of the AIDS Conference, Professor Lynn Morris. At the MSF/TAC meeting the following important documents were released:
Live 8 concerts: Sir Bob is at it againSir Bob unveiled plans yesterday for five free Live 8 concerts in London, Philadelphia, Rome, Paris and Berlin. Find out all the details at http://www.live8live.com/ The line-up (shown below) including the almost ubiquitous Coldplay, Sir Elton, Lauryn Hill, Madonna and more, is impressive. You can't argue Bob Geldof knows how to attract the attention poverty in Africa certainly needs. This time the campaign wants 'your voice, not your money.' "Still 20 years on, it strikes me as morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus" Bob Geldof The concerts, on the 2nd July, coincide with the G8 summit in Gleneagles, where the world's richest countries will meet. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are bringing to the table a package of change for Africa, as outlined by the Africa Commission, including debt cancellation and an increase in the aid given by the West.
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