Welcome to New Interim Executive Director Nick Torres · 2018. 11. 11. · Vishnupriya Vijayalekshmi Newsletter Editor in Chief Aricia De Kempeneer Office of the Secretariat Alberta

Inside the Issue: Welcome Executive Director

SNO section

Conference on the Move 2018

Best Posters TUFH 2018

TUFH 2019

New At-Large Board Member

Board Members international

The Board of Directors is very pleased to announce that thanks to additional resources provided by the

ECFMG/FAIMER Board of

Directors, we are able to

reorganize and strengthen

the Secretariat. Nick Torres

is he new Interim Executive

Director of The Network:

Towards Unity for Health

with Alberta Steans Parsons

shifting to an important role

as administrative manager.

Aricia De Kempeneer will

continue to coordinate key

administrative support and

Raymond Yuan as our admi-

nistrative assistant.

You can hear about Nick’s background and his views for The Network: TUFH in this video.

You can reach Nick at [email protected]

Greetings Network: TUFH Community,

TUFH2018 was another great conference. At the

University of Limerick, in Ireland 366 people from 42

countries came together to network, learn, discuss

and all work Towards Unity For Health!

I would like to thank the Organizing and Scientific

Committee; SNO; the Keynote Speakers; the present-

ers; and the participants for making it a productive and

enjoyable conference!

TUFH2019 promises to be an excellent Conference

where we will celebrate our 40th Anniversary in

Darwin, Australia. More information on page 5. The

call for abstracts is open, so submit your abstract now

and don’t miss TUFH 2019!

Make sure to follow us on social media to see TUFH 2018 TUFH-Talks, pictures, updates for TUFH 2019,

exciting news and research, etc. on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn!

I hope you enjoyed TUFH 2018 and look forward to seeing you at TUFH 2019!

With the New Year coming in, I want to wish all of you a healthy, happy and successful 2019!

Sincerely, Aricia De Kempeneer

Editor-in-chief

Newsletter Date: November 30, 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Secretary General

Henry Campos

Vice-Secretary General

Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde

Former Secretary General

Jan De Maeseneer

Regional Representatives

Geraldine Beaujean (Europe)

Godwin Aja (Africa)

Khalifa Elmusharaf (EMRO)

Dimity Pond (Western Pacific

David Marsh (North America)

Paulo M. Carvalho Jr (Latin Am.)

Kamayani Mahabal (Southeast Asia)

At-Large Members

Francisco Lamus

Bjorg Palsdottir

William P. Burdick

Nighat Huda

Executive Director

Nick Torres

Education for Health

Michael Glasser

Student Network Org.

Vishnupriya Vijayalekshmi

Newsletter Editor in Chief

Aricia De Kempeneer

Office of the Secretariat

Alberta Steans Parsons

Aricia De Kempeneer

Raymond Yuan

Successful TUFH 2018 and Exciting TUFH 2019!

Submit you abstract for TUFH 2019 now!

Welcome to New Interim Executive Director Nick Torres

Cultural Dinner and Dance TUFH 2018

Page 2 Community Update

Conference on the Move in Limerick, Ireland By Alberta Steans Parsons, Raymond Yuan and Aricia De Kempeneer

GEMx– SNO Exchange 2018 By Veronika Duwel and Esther Hallal

Hear all about Esther Hallal expierence as one of the student

winners of the GEMx-SNO Exchange 2018!

TUFH 2018 offered 16 inspiring Community Site Visits for the Conference in the Move, each paired with an exciting Cultural Visit!

Click on the logo to read more about some of the visits!

Reginaldo A. O. Freitas Júnior

Mugahid Elmahi

Dhafer Ahmed Alshehri

Best Poster Winners TUFH 2018 By Aricia De Kempeneer

Page 3

Being the President of SNO, a Unique Life Experience.

By Veronika Duwel and Alejandro Avelino

Page 4 Community Update

Join SNO for free as a student

“I am Alejandro Avelino Bonilla, during the 2017-2018 period I was president of the Student Network Organization and together with

a wonderful team, we directed this group. We, not only, made SNO what it is today, but we also created a beautiful, international

family. We faced great challenges together from the beginning, from rethinking of the organization goals and managing it, to the plan-

ning and execution of the first exclusive activity for students, SNO summer school. We also had more than twice as many members

and we had a historic student attendance at the most recent conference in Limerick, Ireland. All these achievements position the

students as invaluable members of The Network: TUFH, not only because of our numbers, but also because we are the present and

the future. For me, it has been an invaluable experience, because it has allowed me to grow personally and professionally. I have met incredible

people who have accompanied me in the process and shared with me their experience, work and friendship. After all, that is what the

SNO and The Network: TUFH are about; sharing and receiving, listening and be listened to, discovering the wonderful results of

working with other people, with other professionals and with your friends. I simply could not have found a better place to experience

all this and I thank God, life, and of course all of you for this opportunity. Now my graduation is approaching, an exciting stage begins, time to continue making my dreams come true as a graduate doctor with

many more tools to help people and communities. I will continue working for and with the students, SNO and The Network from

this new stage, as I continue growing I will see you all grow too. Let this be not only a note in the Newsletter, but also a declaration

of love for what we do keep dreaming, and keep working.

Kind regards from Colombia to all of you.”

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” - Eleanor Roosevelt

The dream of a 3rd year medical student from the state of Kerala, India, to be a part of The Network: TUFH

family became the motivation to attend the International conference in South Africa in 2015 and in the sub-

sequent year, in China. The journey of 1000 miles began with the selection into The Student Network Or-

ganization team as the South East Asia Regional representative in 2016. The following year, the vice presi-

dent of the team, and now as the president of SNO team 2018-19, let me introduce myself.

“My name is Vishnupriya Vijayalekshmi and I’m a medical graduate from Kerala University of Health Sciences. As someone who has

been attending The Network: TUFH Conferences for the past 4 years, and who has been in the leadership team of the Student Net-work Organization for the past 2 years, it’s my privilege to lead this dynamic network of students who are committed to work together

for the empowerment of people and communities. SNO aims to increase student participation in activities, focused on the advancement

in health care through multi sectoral collaboration, give students the opportunity to connect with peers and health professionals, and

bring an impact in their community through this global network. The coordinated effort of the SNO Team 2017, has been one of the

contributing factors to the success of the Limerick conference and as president of the new team, I believe I can keep up the momentum

and build up the new generation of student leaders. We aim to achieve an efficient execution of the SNO activities during the annual conference, as well as to extend our focus into the

engagement of students in public health related activities at institutional level and ensure that the cardinal principles of social accounta-

bility get implemented at the grassroots level. The amendment in the organizational structure and the recruitment of national repre-

sentatives has been one of the strategies adopted to facilitate the growth of the network. The team will be committed to bring out a

sustainable impact in the student community through interdisciplinary collaboration and thereby create a platform which can serve as

the foundation for an equitable health care system.

Next international conference is in September 2019, in Australia. Hope to see you all there!!!”

Living the Dream

By Veronika Duwel and Vishnupriya Vijayalekshmi See Vishnu’s video here!

Page 5

The Joint Planning Committee, Student Network Organization and Scientific Committee for TUFH 2019 are working hard to make

TUFH 2019 an exceptional conference. It will be hosted by Flinders University in the beautiful Darwin, Australia. The conference

venue is set in a stunning tropical waterfront location, the spectacular Darwin Convention Centre is a world class venue for business

events.

In 2019 The Network: Towards Unity For Health will celebrate it’s 40th anniversary! The 40th Anniversary Committee will assure a

year of memories and a spectacular conclusion at TUFH 2019. Don’t miss it!

The Keynote Speakers confirmed so far: • Paul Worley, National Rural Health Commissioner (Australia)

• Tom Calma, Chancellor University of Canberra

• Jules Iradukunda, student University of Rwanda

The theme for TUFH 2019 is Social Accountability: from Evidence to Action!

T The Sub-Themes are

The Call for Abstracts is NOW OPEN!

Deadline is March 3, 2019. Submit your abstract now and get it approved soon!

TUFH 2019 - The 40th Anniversary of The Network: TUFH - #TUFH2019 By Aricia De Kempeneer

Remote &

Rural health

first NatioN’s HealtH

interprofessional

education and practice Future leaders in socially accountable

education and research

Call for Abstracts

TUFH 2019

November 29, 2018

Submit your ab-

stract now!

Registrations TUFH

2019 open

January 2019

Abstract Submission

closes

March 3, 2019

TUFH 2019

September 10-13,

2019 in Darwin

Australia

New At-Large Board Member Message from the Board of Directors

Community Update Page 6

IMPORTANT DATES

Call For Stories!

Any ideas for stories/

features for our newsletter?

Suggestions on conferences

and events that might inter-

est our members? Feel free

to share them by contacting

us at newslet-

[email protected]

It could be featured in our

next edition!

Klaus Von Pressentin has stepped down as At-Large Board Member of The Network:

TUFH. We want to thank him for his time and commitment as a Board Member.

Klaus was part of the Membership Committee. He actively helped organize TUFH

2018. He presented a TUFH-Talk and posters at the TUFH 2018 Conference. He will

remain an active member of The Network: TUFH. We look forward to fruitful col-

laborations in the future. From all of us a heartfelt Thank You for your

energy and leadership and See You Soon!

We are happy to announce the arrival of a new At-Large Board Member that has

been an active TUFH member since 1991! Prof. Nighat Huda has worked endlessly

in Pakistan for nearly thirty four years promoting community-oriented medical

education and further enhancing the quality of medical and health professions

education. She has worked in the initial planning as WHO Coordinator on the

project of Initiation of Community Oriented Medical Education (COME) in

Pakistan and worked with leaders such as Prof. Zohair Nooman (Egypt) and

Bashir Hammad (Sudan).

Prof. Huda is the Founding member of the Women and Health Task Force (WHTF), and was Chair of

WHTF for eight years (2005-2012). In 2011, Prof Huda was elected as Chair of TUFH. Currently, she is the

interim Chair of WHTF and member of Inter-professional Task Force. In Pakistan, her current position is

Professor and Director Health Professions Education & Head Department of Health Care Education at

Liaquat National Hospital & Medical College, at Karachi. She has special interest in Women’s Health and has

been engaged with National Committee on Maternal and Neonatal Health.

We are very honored to have her as new addition to the Board of Directors. She will undoubtedly help

evolve The Network: TUFH to its fullest potential. From all of us a big WELCOME to the Board of Direc-

tors!

Read her interview here.

Klaus von Pressentin

TUFH 2019 Conference Venue

Prof. em. Jan De Maeseneer, M.D., Ph.D. , the former Secretary General and current Board

Member represented our organization at the WHO Global Conference on Primary Health

Care. His keynote lecture was well received. The flyers off The Network: TUFH and TUFH

2019 were almost all gone.

Professor Godwin Aja, Regional Board Member for Africa, attended the 2nd African Forum for Research

and Education in Health (AFREHealth) held in South Africa. The 1st AFREHealth symposium

generated tremendous interest about The Network: TUFH. Some of those participants and

institutions attented TUFH 2018. The theme of the 2018 symposium was Towards Achie-

ving Universal Health Coverage in Africa: Creating Synergies and

Capacity Through Education, Research and Quality Health Services. Over 385 participants

from across Africa and beyond participated in the symposium. His oral presentation was on

Promoting the achievement of universal health coverage through community-oriented

education: The Role of The Network: TUFH. About 70 participants

attended the session. He will be reaching out to those individuals and institutions.

The Network: TUFH Vice-Secretary General Dr. Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde and Student Net-

work Organization Nigeria National Representative Benedict Essong represented our

organization at the Federation of African Medical Students' Association (FAMSA) General

Assembly at Ibadan, Nigeria.

If you want to represent our organization, you can find the PowerPoint and

Flyer here.

If you want represent SNO, e-mail them at [email protected]

Board Members Representing The Network: TUFH Message from the Board of Directors

Nighat Huda