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The Global Health Network is the peak representative body of Global Health Groups from each Australian medical school. It links and empowers every Global Health Group to create meaningful positive change to their medical community and beyond.

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DPI NGO Conference in Melbourne

Saturday, 28 August 2010

63RD ANNUAL UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS CONFERENCE (UN DPI/NGO) Get ready Melbourne, because a momentous event in global health is...
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Monday, 23 August 2010

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Welcome to the GHN

The Global Health Network by the Australian Medical Students' Association


The AMSA GHN is a collaboration of Australian Global Health Groups (GHGs) based at medical schools across Australia. Global health groups are medical student-led organisations who work to create grassroots awareness and activism in the interests of global health, welfare and equity on local, national and international levels.

 

Melbourne 2010: Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDGs

As of Monday, Melbourne will play host to one of the most important global health events of the year: the 63rd annual United Nations Department of Public Information/Non-Government Organisation conference, this year titled “Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDGs”. Aiming to discuss ways in which NGOs can work to improve global health throughout the world as an essential prerequisite for achieving the MDGs by the target date of 2015, AMSA and the IFMSA is proud to announce that an Australian delegation of medical students will be attending the conference. Delegates will be sharing their experiences on the blog here, and on Twitter (visit http://twitter.com/amsaghn). Check it out!

 

Call for submissions to attend COP16, the conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)

If you're passionate about climate change, and keen to represent the IFMSA on an international stage, please follow this link to read about how you can take an active part in realising positive action.  Applications close September 3 2010.

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