Americas RM 2016 Survival Kit - English

Montevideo January 17th-22nd

IFMSA Imprint Editor in Chief Joel Rondon - Peru Content Editors Ignacia Alvarez - Chile Manuel Mendive - Uruguay Lucia Laborda - Uruguay Proofreading Diego Mendoza - Mexico Francisco Parra - Mexico Lucas Rodriguez - Brazil Filipe Levy - Brazil Carlos Acosta - Brazil Rodrigo Roa - Brazil Aline D. Khatchikian - Canada Mauro Henrique - Brazil

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Contents

Invitation Letter IFMSA President

Invitation Letter

Regional Director for the Americas

Regional Team

Meet the Americas Team

Organizing Committee

Meet the amazing Organizing Committee

Montevideo, Uruguay

All you should know about Uruguay

Pre - Regional Meeting January 14th - 17th

www.ifmsa.org

Regional Meeting January 17th - 22nd

Accomodation & Venue Where it all happens

Transportation

Move around Montevideo

Social Program

When the sun comes down...

Theme Event

Health Equity in the Americas

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Invitation Letter Karim M. Abuzied IFMSA President 2015 - 2016 president@ifmsa.org

Dear IFMSA Friends, It is with great pleasure that I am inviting you all to go through the survival kit for our Americas Regional Meeting 2016, Montevideo, Uruguay. This survival kit is the outcome of great cooperation between your Americas Regional Team led by your Regional Director, Ignacia Alvarez. Going through the following pages will support you deliver the best representation of your National Member Organization in our Regional Meeting.

The countdown has started to the beginning of our Regional Meeting and your incredible Regional Team along with the extraordinary Organizing Committee members are sparing no time nor effort in preparing you a lifetime experience. Pack your luggage, book your tickets and get excited because we can’t wait to meet you soon.

With the best wishes for safe trips and an extremely productive meeting.

Karim M. Abuzied IFMSA President 2015-2016

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Invitation Letter Ignacia Alvarez Argaluza Americas Regional Director 2015 - 2016 rdamericas@ifmsa.org

Amazing IFMSA friends It is amazing for me to have the opportunity to invite you all to our Regional Meeting, the main and most important event of our amazing region of the Americas.

Since the moment I joined IFMSA (a while ago‌) I immediately fell in love with our region and its great potential. I believe that our region is a great mix of cultures, variety, ideas, people and backgrounds, and that gives us a unique distinction within the IFMSA. Our region has gone so far in the last couple of years: having a larger representation in our broad American geography, building strong connection between our members and creating for them a special sense of identity, an identity that makes me really proud.

Our Regional Meeting will be the instance to gather, meet and share around our great passion, for our region and for the IFMSA. This will be an opportunity to connect and build long lasting friendships, to learn, and to give something back to your national member organizations once back home.

Therefore, I invite you to enjoy every second of the Regional Meeting, a meeting prepared with so much love and passion by the Organizing Committee, the Regional team and the IFMSA Team of Officials.

I’m very excited to meet you there!

Ignacia Alvarez Argaluza Americas Regional Director On behalf of the Americas team

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Meet your Regional Team Ignacia Alvarez Argaluza Americas Regional Director rdamericas@ifmsa.org

NMO: IFMSA-Chile Favorite Food: Empanadas, Sushi Favorite Colour: Purple Hobbies: Naps and travelling

Diego Mendoza Díaz Involvement Assistant inva.americas@gmail.com

NMO: APEMH-Peru Favorite Food: Chifa (Mix of Peruvian and Chinese food) Favorite Colour: Blue Hobbies: Web design and travelling

Joel Rondón Rodríguez General Assistant ga.americas@gmail.com

Ivan Carnaval Diaz Internal Development Assistant ida.americas@gmail.com

NMO: IFMSA-Mexico Favorite Food: Enchiladas Favorite Colour: Blue Hobbies: Camping

NMO: IFMSA-Mexico Favorite Food: Discada, Tacos al Pastor Favorite Colour: Blue Hobbies: Biking, reading, watching movies and sleepping

NMO: IFMSA-Peru Favorite Food: Ceviche de Mero Favorite Colour: Purple Hobbies: Travelling, reading and inter cultural learning

Francisco Parra Capacity Building Regional Assistant cb.ra.americas@gmail.com

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#AmericasRegion Lucas Rodrigues SCOME Regional Assistant ra.scome.pamsa@gmail.com

NMO: IFMSA-Brazil Favorite Food: Lasagna Favorite Colour: White and blue Hobbies: Cooking

Filipe Levy SCORP Regional Assistant ra.scorp.pamsa@gmail.com

NMO: DENEM-Brazil Favorite Food: Arepas and Ajiaco Favorite Colour: Yellow, SCORA red Hobbies: Guitar, dancing, drink coffee, sin-

Carlos Andres Acosta SCORA Regional Assistant ra.scora.pamsa@gmail.com

ging in the shower, looking the stars, crying in romantic comedy/romance films and reading

Rodrigo Enrique Roa SCOPE Regional Assistant ra.scope.pamsa@gmail.com

NMO: IFMSA-Quebec Favorite Food: Khorovatz and tabbouleh (Armenian food) Favorite Colour: Purple Hobbies: Discovering new brunch restaurants,

films, TV, chilling in my pjs at home with my family

Aline D. Khatchikian SCOPH Regional Assistant ra.scoph.pamsa@gmail.com

Mauro Henrique Camacho SCORE Regional Assistant ra.score.pamsa@gmail.com

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NMO: IFMSA-Brazil Favorite Food: Feijoada, Maria Isabel Favorite Colour: Blue, green, white, red Hobbies: Play the guitar, dancing and do nothing

NMO: IFMSA-Brazil Favorite Food: Arepas Favorite Colour: Green, SCOPE blue Hobbies: Playing football, and nowadays, IFMSA work

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Meet the Organizing Committee

Lucía Laborda

Ignacio Cardozo

Chair chair.rm2016@gmail.com Tel: +598 96 41 78 21

Treasurer treasurer.rm2016@gmail.com Tel: +598 94 54 72 88

Álvaro Dendi Vice Chair vchair.rm2016@gmail.com

Manuel Mendive & Santiago Arrotcharen Logistics logistics.rm2016@gmail.com Tel: +598 96 90 00 06

Joaquín Lainés

Sabrina Damonte

Secretary General secgen.rm2016@gmail.com

Registrations & Visa Coordinator reg.rm2016@gmail.com

Tamara Melián

Ignacio Jabib

Pre- RM Coordinator pre.rm2016@gmail.com

Social Program Coordinator social.rm2016@gmail.com

Fiorella Vuan

Nicolás Requena

RM Coordinator rm.rm2016@gmail.com

Publicity Coordinator publicity.rm2016@gmail.com

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Uruguay awaits for you!

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About Uruguay Officially the Eastern Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It is bordered by Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to the south and southeast.

Uruguay is home to 3.3 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo.

Uruguay is ranked first in Latin America in democracy, peace, lack of corruption, quality of living, e-Government and equality. Uruguay is the first in South America when it comes to press freedom, size of the middle class, prosperity and security.

On a per capita basis, Uruguay contributes more troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions than any other country.

The Economist named Uruguay “country of the year” in 2013, acknowledging the innovative policy of legalizing the production, sale and consumption of cannabis. Same-sex marriage and abortion are also legal, leading Uruguay to be regarded as one of the most liberal nations in the world, and one of the most socially developed, outstanding regionally and performing well globally on personal rights, tolerance and inclusion issues.

Fun Facts

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Uruguay’s entire population is the same as central London’s.

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Uruguay has the longest anthem in the world.

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The name ‘Uruguay’ comes from the Uruguay River, which is thought to mean ‘river of the painted birds’ in the Guarani language.

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Uruguay is the only country whose name in English has the same letter three times in its first five.

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Uruguay is the only country in Latin America, which is entirely outside the tropics.

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Uruguay is the only country that keeps track of 100 per cent of its cattle.

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In December 2013, Uruguay became the world’s first country to legalize the marijuana trade.

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Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 defeating Argentina 4-2 in the final.

Currency

UYU Uruguayan Peso

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1 US Dolar (USD)

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27.092 UYU

1 Euro (EUR)

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32.250 UYU

1 Argentine Peso(ARS) =

3.058 UYU

1 Brazilian Real (BRL) =

7.896 UYU

1 Chilean Peso (CLP) =

0.0423 UYU

1 Mexican Peso(MXN) =

1.770 UYU

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About Uruguay Banknote

Colors

20 pesos Uruguayos 50 pesos Uruguayos 100 pesos Uruguayos 200 pesos Uruguayos 500 pesos Uruguayos 1000 pesos Uruguayos 2000 pesos Uruguayos

Dark green and violet Black, red and violet Purple and dark brown Dark brown and violet Blue-gray, violet and pale red Brown and olive-green Gray and light olive-green

Obverse Juan Zorilla de San Martín José Pedro Varela Eduardo Fabini Pedro Figari Alfredo Vázquez Acevedo Juana de Ibarbourou Damaso Antonio Larrañaga

Watermark

Allegory “Legend of the Fatherland” Varela monument in Montevideo

José Gervasio Artigas José Gervasio Artigas José Gervasio God Pan Artigas “Baile Anntiguo” (Old José Gervasio Dance) Artigas University of the Repu- José Gervasio blic in Montevideo Artigas José Gervasio Ibarbourou Artigas National Library José Gervasio 28.05.1816 Artigas

Average price of items

Marijuana in Uruguay

Water bottle average price (0.33 Lt): 31 UYU Coke average price (600 ml): 35 UYU Big Mac average price: 140 UYU Domestic beer average price: 80 UYU Cappuccino average price: 77 UYU

Uruguayan citizens and registered residents living here for at least two years will be able to buy up to 40g of marijuana per month from the pharmacy (not available for tourists). Personal use of cannabis has been decriminalizzed in Uruguay as far back as 1974. Selling is illegal.

If you are wondering, Uruguay’s marijuana laws regarding public consumption are similar to the tobacco laws.

Important facts Smoke Free Places Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed public places, enclosed workplaces, and public transportation. In addition, smoking is forbidden within the outdoor premises of health and educational institutions. The hotel rooms and public spaces are smoke free. You will only be able to smoke on outdoors, designated areas.

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Note: Even though we strongly recommend having a nonsmoker Regional Meeting, if your informed decision is to do so, we would like to remind you that tobacco prices in Uruguay are very expensive due to high taxes placed by the Government to reduce tobacco consumption.

Electricity plugs In Uruguay, the standard voltage is 220 V. The standard frequency is 50 Hz. The power sockets that are used are of type C / F / I / L.

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Pre - Regional Meeting January 14th -17th

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Pre-RM Agenda

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Pre-RM Workshops Training Old Trainers (TOT)

Training New Trainers (TNT)

Gustavo Fitas Vice-President for Capacity Building 2015-16 vpcb@ ifmsa.org

Francisco Parra Americas Capacity Building Regional Assistant cb.ra.americas@gmail.com

From an objective point of view, a person who has already undergone a TNT, a trainer, can develop his training capacity through two different ways. The first is simply to increase the non-formal education knowledge. This can be done with his peers (other trainers which have undergone different training experiences) or by involving an external - like a training company or a professional trainer. On the other hand, a trainer can expand his training capacity by learning how to do something himself. In the TOT the idea is to focus the energy on directly on the second developing way and, to indirectly promote the first developing way. With this strategy, we can assure that all participants end up with a satisfactory experience.

TNT is focused for IFMSA members with the interest of knowing the “how” of a process.

Most people with an idea of a project for example know what they want to do and they might even know why exactly they want to do it. Through non-formal education, the idea is reach the tools of how to do it. In the case of Trainers, at the end of a TNT not only should they have a vast knowledge on that “how”, but, most importantly, they should know how to retransmit that knowledge to participants in a training session.

The idea is to have specific TOT topics, such as TOT on Advocacy, Project Management, Leadership, and so on.

The workshop is achieved in three days; time in which the participants will have the time to complete approximately 13 training sessions with all types of content. Besides pure nonformal education material, the aim is also to help the participant develop themselves and understand the Training philosophy. To ensure the achievement of this last point, the TNT participants will also be put in direct contact with the TOT participants; so as to learn from them

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Pre-RM Workshops Maternal Health and Safe Abortion

Public Health Training

Carles Pericas SCORA Director scorad@ifmsa.org

Skander Essafi Liason Officer for Public Health issues lph@ifmsa.org

Michalina Drejza Liaison Officer for Sexual and reproductive health issues, lra@ifmsa.org

Aline D. Khatchikian SCOPH Regional Assistant ra.scoph.pamsa@gmail.com

Carlos Acosta SCORA Regional Assistant ra.scora.pamsa@gmail.com

The IFMSA Americas Region is a growing region with many Public Health problems that Medical Students are addressing from different perspectives. The faces of health and disease are rapidly changing with each passing year and solutions to tackle this new and ever changing challenges should change innovatively following the same pace. This can only be done by strong leadership and appropriate knowledge.

This workshop seeks to build on the successful trainings we have had on Maternal Health and Safe Abortion in many of the regional meetings and previous General Assemblies.

The workshop is modeled on the training that the SCORA International Team and Americas’ medical students have previously received, and is focused on expanding the number of IFMSA members who are trained on delivering the curriculum IFMSA developed with Ipas.

The focus of this workshop is to advance the development of a network of safe abortion trainers and advocates within the Federation.

The training covers several related topics; such as: human, sexual and reproductive rights; abortion laws and policies; barriers to access care, including stigma; safe abortion methods; and identification and referral of women with abortion-related complications. The curriculum also includes information and activities on values clarification for abortion attitude.

We, as medical students, present current and future health leaders and as such we must be equipped with right tools and posses right knowledge to successfully lead our fellow medical students, as well as the general population.

As we said it’s a necessity for medical students to have knowledge about public health, solutions to public health issues, but also to be equipped with right leadership skills to tackle growing health problems ¬ locally, nationally and globally. Unfortunately, this is rarely taught in medical schools and as such it is our duty to bring the issues we face in Public Health to our fellow medical students and equip them with right tools to tackle them.

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Pre-RM Workshops Global health within Exchanges Omar Cherkaoui SCOPE Director scoped@ifmsa.org

Rodrigo Roa SCOPE Regional Assistant ra.scope.pamsa@gmail.com

Mauro Henrique Camacho SCORE Regional Assistant ra.score.pamsa@gmail.com

This year SCOPE and SCORE joined forces once more to bring a workshop related to the exchanges for the Pre-Regional Meeting.

For the Americas Regional Meeting, we are proposing a workshop on “Global Health within Exchanges�, after its clear success in the Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting this year. Also, as a similar workshop was held last year in Colombia, we would like to propose this one to offer more capacity building for new members.

Having this workshop for the preRM provides us with the unique opportunity to improve the workflow in our Standing Committees as well as to train new members. Throughout the past terms, SCOPE & SCORE Regional Assistants have had the same feeling: A need for a training on Exchanges in the region is becoming more and more important and urgent. We, as Exchange Directors focusing this year on Capacity Building and Academic Quality, would like to reach exchange officers at the local level, propose them this training to improve their capacity of handling a perfect exchange program, with a real focus on the academic quality of it.

One of the biggest problems we face in the exchanges is a lack of continuity and evaluation.

SCOPE and SCORE are both highly professional organizations- we are basically running an international business, but still we are losing an incredible majority of ideas, projects and even defined plans through the constant handovers we are facing. If we count it, almost every month

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happens a transition at a point in a country- if it is a LEO/LORE or a NEO/NORE- or even just a contact person.

All of these issues can be included in one topic/project that can be implemented to every NMOs before the departure of the students in order for them to have the proper knowledge and preparation within these areas, which is the Pre-Departure Training/Pre-Exchange Training.

Therefore, we would like to raise the PDT/PET itself during the preRM.

LEAD (Leadership, Empowerment , Advocacy and Development) Elias Ortega Americas Regional Coordinator 2013-14 eliasortegachahla@gmail.com Maria Jose Cisneros Americas Regional Coordinator 2014-15

LEAD is an innovative 3 day workshop directed to IFMSA national and regional leaders. It is based on working on 4 main streams of skills (Leadership skills, Empowerment of members, Advocacy and Development of LCs & NMOs) in order to improve the capacity of those members in leading their local committees and NMOs. The Goals and objectives: are to strengthen NMO leadership within IFMSA and Empower NMO leaders in: Decision making, Conflict & team Management, Project management, External Representation, Learn Advocacy skills and strategies, it also aims to provide tools to help develop new and experienced NMOs.

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Regional Meeting Check in Every delegate will go through a Check in process with the Organizing Committee (OC), from here, they will check if everything is correct with the payments and the registration. No delegate will be able to check in if finances are not solved with the OC treasurer. The room keys and name badges will be given during this process.

What not to forget: Your identification will be asked during this process, to make everything faster and easier for the delegates and the OC, we recommend having a “head of delegation” that will collect all IDs, and distribute the keys and badges to the delegations.

Open Ceremony The Open Ceremony will be the inauguration of our Regional Meeting, it will be held in the main salon of the Dazzler Hotel, and there we will officially start the Americas Regional Meeting.

is ready for the sessions on time. We also recommend some nice funny punishments to be done during the NMO hours for those who arrive early! Remember you are representing your country and organization.

SC/President sessions This stands for Standing Committee and President sessions. During this time, there will be parallel sessions for each committee. They will all be in the main venue, the SMU. If you are not sure what sessions to attend, make sure to discuss it with your delegation beforehand. We do recommend you to stay in the same sessions during the Regional Meeting, since several sessions are divided into different days.

What not to forget: In IFMSA we have 6 standing committees; SCORA, SCOPH, SCORP, SCOPE, SCORE, and SCOME. During IFMSA events, Presidents sessions are usually held. If you are still unsure about the content of the sessions, or you haven’t decided which one to attend, we strongly recommend you to read the session’s survival kits that will be sent during the first week of January.

The recommended attire is formal clothes.

What not to forget: Remember to bring your National or National Member Organization flag to take awesome pictures and long lasting memories with other delegations and delegates. Punctuality is a must since we will have external invites in the event.

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The venue and the hotel are close to each other, but they are not in the same place. The OC will provide transportation from and to the venue everyday on selected times, if you miss the bus, there are other alternatives to get to the venue, they are described in the “transportation” item of this survival kit What not to forget: Punctuality. We want to start all sessions on time, so we strongly recommend delegations to have “time keepers” to check if everyone from the delegation

Americas’ team meeting/NMO hours The agenda provides this space for all delegations to gather and discuss the daily activities. We recommend you to use this time to discuss your sessions, plan the daily events ahead and divide tasks within your delegations.

The Americas team also reunites during this time.

If you want to have any member of the Team of Officials or the Regional Team in your NMO hour someday, make sure to contact us beforehand so we can plan that out.

What not to forget: Settle the exact time and place with your delegates during day one. Please notice, Internet is sometimes limited during IFMSA events because of large amount of connected devices.

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Regional Meeting Training Sessions The Capacity Building team of the Regional meeting, together with the TNT and TOT participants will prepare awesome training sessions for the regional meeting attendees. The topics will be published during the Regional meeting, and participants will have to register on the sessions. We strongly recommend you to attend this sessions, since they will provide invaluable knowledge and skills to the participants. IFMSA considers capacity building a key topic.

What not to forget: Don’t forget to register early and on time, since the sessions usually have limited spots. Make sure to save yours in your favorite session by registering early.

Theme event The theme event for our Regional Meeting is Health Equity, a very relevant topic for our region, one of the region with the highest inequity rates of the world. As Medical students, we need to take a strong stance in this matter and actively engage in the efforts to make our region a healthier, more equitable one. As medical students, and future young doctors, it is our duty to learn and participate in all regional efforts to make this topic a regional priority. We will be sharing the list of speakers and externals in the following weeks. We really hope you enjoy, and actively participate in these sessions, which are a relevant part of the Regional Meeting What not to forget: All sessions of the meeting will be in English, since that’s the official language of the Federation. Make sure to prepare questions and actively engage in the discussions.

Joint sessions Joint sessions will be an opportunity to share a session with a parallel standing committee.

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Use this opportunity to learn a bit more about other Standing Committees of IFMSA, and how all our committees can work together on different topics. The topics of these sessions will be shared on the session’s survival kits that will be sent on the first week of January.

Activities Fair The activities fair is your chance to share your National activities with the rest of the region.

Present your best activities, projects and ideas with the rest of the Americas members, to collect ideas and replicate your activity in other Americas countries. There will be a “Best activity fair stand of the region” , “The most original activity”, and some other prices that will be announced on spot, The winners will be selected by a jury of selected International IFMSA representatives. Each NMO is free to present several activities, but please notice you will need to apply for the “activities fair call” that will be sent by the IFMSA Vice President for Activities.

What not to forget: Make your stand rock! you will have a table and space to present a poster, and you may bring stickers, a laptop with slides or whatever you feel like adding to your stand to make your activity stand out!

Activities Presentation Do you have a national activity that you love and you wished all regional presidents heard about it? Use this opportunity to present your activity in the regional plenary, in front of the region.

There will be limited spots, and those activities with great national and regional impact will be selected to be presented. The best presented activity will win the “Best activity of the region” price. Each NMO will only be able to present one activity, make sure is the one that makes your NMO proud

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Regional Meeting What not to forget: The same activity can be presented in both, the activities fair and the activities presentation, but remember that the modality is different. The first one is with a stand, in a fair with several other activities being presented simultaneously, and the second one will be an exposition, in front of the regional plenary.

Poster Fair The poster fair will be the chance of America’s members to create a poster to present your national reality of a topic related to the Regional meeting theme event: Health Equity. Please notice there will also be a call for the poster fair, and interested members will have to apply for it.

The theme event topic is very broad, so we are providing plenty of opportunities for participants to expose a national reality related to , Health Equity: Indigenous health? Medical curriculum?

Health systems? Trade agreements impact on our region? you go for it, and the region will be there to see your poster and engage in active discussions with other regional members. Please notice we will also have a jury, and a “best poster fair” price.

What not to forget: Please make sure to bring your posters from home since we won’t have any printing device available for participants.

Plenary The regional plenary will be the opportunity for all presidents and delegations to get together discuss and and make decisions for our region. Our plenary is normed under our Internal Operating Guidelines (IOGs), and even though it’s not officially a plenary, since the only binding plenary IFMSA has take place the General Assemblies, we consider this an excellent opportunity to rehearse plenary dynamics to get involved with other presidents from the region.

What not to forget: Bring your flags! and make sure your complete delegation is there to participate in this amazing opportunity. Make sure to discuss how a plenary is conducted during your NMO hours, discuss whats a procedural motion is, and when to place them, what’s a statement, a point of information and a point of order! make sure to ask for the help of the regional team, we will be glad to give you a plenary 101 on the NMO hours.

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Accomodation & Venue We are waiting for you

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Accomodation Dazzler Montevideo Hotel 21 de Setiembre 2752 Montevideo 11300, Uruguay Tel (+598) 2716 0000 All participants will be accommodated in the Dazzler Montevideo Hotel.

Featuring an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre, and a spa, Dazzler Montevideo offers free WiFi and buffet breakfasts in Montevideo.

The property is located in the neighbourhood of Punta Carretas and is surrounded by a commercial area, including restaurants and cultural attractions. The Oceanside boulevard is 500 m away and the historic centre is 3 km from the property.

Dazzler Montevideo is 2,1 km from the city centre and 19 km from Carrasco International Airport. Parking is possible for an extra charge and subject to availability.

Punta Carretas is a great choice for travellers interested in local food, great for wineand food.

Providing a tranquil environment, rooms at Dazzler Montevideo are fitted with a flat-screen TV, a minibar, air conditioning, central heating, a wardrobe and a safe. Private bathrooms are completed with a bathtub and a hairdryer.

Some accommodations are pet-friendly.

Spa facilities at Dazzler Montevideo include a Scottish shower, sauna, Turkish bath, and bathtub. Massage sessions and Pilates lessons can be arranged for an extra fee.

The Dazzler features a nice garden and a business centre. Room service is available and laundry services can be arranged upon request.

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Venue Sindicato MĂŠdico del Uruguay (SMU) Bulevar General Artigas 1565 Montevideo, 11200 - Uruguay Tel (+598) 2401 4701

The venue for all sessions will be at the Sindicato Medico del Uruguay (SMU), the headquarters of the Uruguay’s Medical Association. The venue will provide wide and comfortable rooms for all participants, with WIFI, and air conditioning. The organizing committee will provide coffee breaks and transportation from, and to the venue everyday.

Please notice that the venue is a smoke-free zone.

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Transportation Move around Montevideo

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Transportation Airport Transportation

Hotel - Venue Transportation

Transportation between Airport and Hotel will not be provided by the Organizing Committee.

The OC recommends to use the official Airport Taxi Service. This company offers two options for transportation:

Transportation will be provided by the OC with no extra charge from the hotel to the venue during the mornings, then back to the hotel and also to social programs. The time schedule will be shared with the RM participants in due time.

Other Means of Transportation Taxi (8-10 min) A taxi between the hotel-venue costs around UYU 80-90 (USD 2.6 - 3) Public Bus

Taxi - Limo Service This taxi service is composed of first class Mercedes Benz, all of them equipped with free WiFi, radio control and cell phones allowing fluid communication and providing current location information for passenger’s safety.

Taxi – Limo Service: UYU 1180 (USD 39) *Fee per taxi

Vans - Micro Buses The company also counts with Mercedes Benz Vans, to transport up to 12 passengers.

Vans: UYU 350 (USD 11.6) *Fee per passenger

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Local bus tickets costs UYU 26 (USD 0.86) *One way trip From hotel to venue - Walk down to General Artigas Boulevard bus stop.

- Take either line 300 or 174.

- Drop off at Hospital Pereira Rossell bus stop.

From venue to hotel - Take either the 174 or 300 bus line.

- Drop off at the 21 de Setiembre and Blv. General Artigas bus stop.

- Walk down the 21 de Setiembre street.

Walking (30 min)

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Health Equity

Montevideo, Uruguay

Social Program Social Program Fees The Organizing committee it’s preparing exciting activities for you to enjoy the nightlife and cuisine of Uruguay. Each night will come with a different activity for all participants. Please remember that the social program fee is not included in the general participant fee. If you wish to participate in the activities you will need to pay the social program fee during the check-in.

Pre-RM fee

25 USD RM fee

25 USD

Schedule Opening Ceremony

Asado Night

January 17th

January 20th

Get ready, because the Regional meeting is about to start! The opening ceremony will be the inaugural event for our regional meeting.

Dinner and party will come afterwards. Formal Dress code.

Uruguay is famous for its excellent beef and barbecues, come and enjoy one of the traditionals Uruguay’s Barbecues “Asados” and taste the tradition of only country with more cattle that actual people!

Maldonado Bar

National Food & Drink Party (NFDP)

January 18th

January 21st

This bar is located at the Palermo Neighborhood, home to the Arts and Trades School and the Mercosur Building, seat of the parliament of the Mercosur member countries. Come and spend a pleasant night with friends!

IFMSA is famous for the National Food and Drinks party, prepare your national stands with your national and traditional dishes and snacks, also share some of your national beverages. If you want to wear your traditional clothes, this is your opportunity. The awesome part? Get to try the food and beverages from all the delegations! have the real American experience, all in one party.

Carnival Museum January 19th

Experience a night of Carnival! Get ready to tour the museum, join the musical workshop with carnival professionals, witness the rehearsal of a “murga” and dine the typical menu of “Night at the Tablado”!

January 2016

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Americas Regional Meeting

Theme Event “The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in October 2014 adopted a regional Strategy for Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage, which expresses the commitment of PAHO Member States to strengthen health systems, expand access to comprehensive quality health services, provide financial protection, and adopt integrated, comprehensive policies to address the social determinants of health and health inequities.”

Universal health coverage has been at the center of the global public health agenda in recent years. As one of the key goals of health systems, universal health coverage provides countries a way to fight against unmet needs and health inequities.

Did you know that the Latin American region faces the greatest socioeconomic and health inequalities in the world? Despite the improvement in the recent years, there are still many differences among people’s health depending on their gender, where they live, their level of education, and whether they are rich or poor, etc.

Health Equity in the Americas The theme event will be in charge of the Uruguayan Physicians Union (SMU) and the National Academy of Medicine.

Health equity, universal health coverage and social determinants of health have been a major topic of the global health in the last years.

Multiple stakeholders in the field of public health have been advocating the examination of policies and initiatives aimed at achieving health equity and universal health coverage.

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IFMSA, as the biggest medical students’ organization worldwide, must be part of the process. Our Theme Event will introduce professionals with vast experience in the field of public health, giving the attendants the opportunity to acquire a deep outlook on the subject.

Health Equity

Montevideo, Uruguay

Theme Event Health Equity in the Americas January 2016