By: Alireza Behzadnia
Advancements in technology and
media have enabled journalists to report and bring light to veiled issues in
the world like never before. Global Medicine Society (GMS) of NUMed aimed to
raise awareness on one of the many obscure issues in our world. GMS looked at
Liberia and the problems the country is facing. They tried to raise awareness
throughout the campus by giving out flyers and setting up posters. A
presentation was held at Baylis Lecture Theatre where they explained the issues
in greater details.
The awareness week was to relate
public health studies, which is one of the main areas in Medicine in Community
module for Stage 1 students, to real world situations.
GMS has received positive
feedbacks on this event and would like to carry out similar events in the
future. When Stephanie (Stage 1), a member of GMS was asked why the society is
focusing on Liberia in particular, she believes that Liberia is a very unknown
country to majority of students in NUMed. Despite this, what is more shocking
is the lack of awareness through media worldwide.
“In light of all these, Liberia
is suffering from a very bad healthcare system and is in need of help. GMS
could not make any donation to Liberia, as the country has no representative in
Malaysia,” Alexander from GMS explains.
Societies in NUMed are relatively young and need time to
blossom. This was the Society's second major event. Academic Medicine Society
collaborated with Global Medicine Society in hosting the talk given by
Professor Frederick Lewis Altice from Yale University.
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