Youth Pre World Health Assembly: Welcome Package

I) Welcome to the Pre-World Health Assembly Dear Pre-WHA Delegate, Congratulations on being selected to be a member of the Youth Pre-World Assembly for 2015!

We are confident that this event will develop your personal and professional skills, while providing you with unique opportunity to strengthen the voice of youth in global health diplomacy and governance.

In order to facilitate your arrival to Geneva, we have prepared this short guide to assist in your preparations for the upcoming Pre-World Health Assembly Event. Please take a few minutes to read through this guide carefully. Should you still have any questions, concerns or queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We are looking forward to meeting you all in Geneve

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Yours Sincerely, The Pre-World Health Assembly Organizing Committee - 2015 Mr. Pedro Correia de Miranda (lwho@ifmsa.org) Ms. Jouhayna Bentaleb (bentaleb.jouhayna@gmail.com) Mr. Yassen Tcholakov (yassentch@gmail.com) Ms. Stijntje Dijk (stijntjedijk@gmail.com) Mr. Karim El Sayed (karim.93kk@gmail.com) Ms. Paula Peremiquel (paulaperemiquel@gmail.com) Ms. Meggie Mwoka (meggiemwokz@gmail.com ) Ms. Jade Lim (jadel.1404@gmail.com)

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II) Table of Contents 1!

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III) Arrival!

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IV) Welcome Dinner!

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V) Program and Agenda!

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VI) Logistics!

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VII)Contact Information!

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VIII)Acknowledgements!

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Annex A: Useful websites!

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Annex B: OC Members’ Biographies & Contact Information!

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Annex C - Walking Directions to Accommodation!

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Annex D - Walking Directions to Venue!

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Annex E - Walking Directions to the WHA!

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I) Welcome to the Pre-World Health Assembly!

III) Arrival On May 13th 2015, the arrival day for this years Youth Pre-WHA event, formal proceedings will commence after participants check-in in the afternoon. From 14:00 o’clock until 20:00 o’clock participants will be able to check in at the Paquis-Centre. Members of the Organizing Committee will be in the reception area from 14:00 to 20:00 greet and register you for the Youth Pre-WHA, and will assist you with any questions you may have.

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Address: Paquis-Centre, Rue de Mole 11 1201 Geneve.

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Arrival by Air - The city of Geneva provides a free one-way public transport ticket from the airport to the city center. You can retrieve this free ticket in the Baggage Claim area please ensure that you get this ticket prior to leaving the baggage claim area: once you have left, you will no longer be able to claim a free ticket.

Once you have claimed your luggage you can take either Bus Number 5 or a train to the main central train station (Gare Cornavin). From the train station, the Paquis-Centre is a short walk away (750m). Walking directions from the Train Station to the Paquis-Centre are provided in Annex C. Arrival by Train – If you are arriving by train the easiest way to get to the Paquis-Centre is by foot. Paquis-Centre is a short walk away from the Train station (750m). Please find detailed walking instructions in Annex C. Venue Address (Meeting Rooms): Villa Barton & Auditorium Jacques Freymond are in Parc Barton : 132 rue de Lausanne, Geneva. This is a short walk from the Paquis-Centre, and detailed walking instructions are in Annex D

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IV) Welcome Dinner We will have an informal group dinner with all available delegates and organising committee members on Wednesday, May 13th, at 8.30pm at Il Fornello Restaurant, just across the street from Paquis-Centre. http://www.ilfornello.ch/

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V) Program and Agenda During the Youth Pre-World Health Assembly, each participant will continue to work with their streams and stream leaders. Within these streams, the participants will be working in Small Working Groups to develop a detailed strategy for the World Health Assembly on their area of focus. In total there will be four focus streams for 2015 (1) Adolescent and Children’s Health [Stream Leader: Mr. Karim El Sayed] (2) Climate Change and Health: An Opportunity to tackle Non Communicable Diseases [Stream Leader: Mr. Yassen Tcholakov] (3) Antimicrobial Resistance [Stream Leader: Ms. Stijntje Dijk] (4) Health Systems and the Human Resources [Stream Leader: Ms. Meggie Mwoka] All delegates will receive training in all streams, but will focus on developing a policy and advocacy strategy for the stream which they’ve prepared for. These skills are particularly relevant to the work we will undertake throughout the WHA, and in your careers as health advocates. Advocacy training sessions will be lead by Dr. Graham Lister, Senior Fellow at the Graduate Institute and visiting Professor at London South Bank University. Preparatory material for this sessions has been provided to you - they are available at here or by going to http://bit.ly/GH_Diplomacy_Advocacy.

This skills based aspect of the Youth Pre-WHA aims to complement and facilitate your stream, and WHA activities. The advocacy training will empower delegates to approach representatives at the WHA, engage with these actors, and a wider audience, on key issues.

You should have already received the relevant pre-readings for your stream, which are presumed to have been read prior to your arrival, as you will have little time to catch up on readings once in Geneva. There will be an online meeting with the fellow members in your team. Please do also follow the instructions from your stream leader concerning readings to be completed prior to the online meeting with your team. These preparations are an essential part of the activities of the Youth Pre-WHA, and an expectation of all delegates selected to be apart of the event.

If you have any questions or concerns - please contact your stream leader.

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Agenda Time 8:30 9:00

Thurs 14 - Day 1

10:30

Sat 16 - Day 3

Sun 17 - Day 4

Global Health Advocacy

Training Session 1

Stream Session 6

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Stream Session 2

Stream Session 4

Stream Session 7

Lunch

Lunch

Opening Ceremony

9:30 10:00

FRI 15 - Day 2

Global Health Diplomacy

11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30

Coffee Break IFMSA and the WHA

13:00 Lunch

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Lunch 14:00 Stream Session 5

14:30 Stream Session 1

Stream Session 3

15:00

Coffee Break

15:30 16:00

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Panel 1

Panel 3

Panel 2

Panel 4

16:30 Panel 5

Training Session 2

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Global Health Diplomacy: Introductory seminar led by Graham Lister on the concepts of Global Health Diplomacy.

Your questions what you found useful and relevant, how did this shape your approach.

IFMSA and WHA IFMSA’s relationship with WHA, the agenda of the WHA and IFMSA policy on key issues and youth health.

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Stream Sessions These sessions are working sessions where you will be with your specific group, each of which having a specific goal.

1 - Group introduces their topic and discuss the background and history of global health diplomacy on the issue 2 - Group discusses their advocacy strategy for each topic - key messages and the media they will use followed by exchange of views 3 - Groups map the interests and powers of key participants in global health diplomacy and discuss how to strengthen IFMSA's influence, presenting their ideas to the plenary 4 - Groups develop plans for advocacy, including working in coalition or not, making key contacts, clarifying short message and longer statement, use of media including online presence.

5 - Practical session to try out short messages and position statements.

6 - Groups will be finalising the advocacy strategies 7 - Groups will be identifying targets for action, contacts, events, online presence.

Panel Sessions The first 4 panels will be dedicated on per stream. For one hour, we will have 3 guests speakers: A WHO Officer, a Member State Representative, and a Civil Society Expert. They will share their expertise with us, and we will then have Questions & Answers. Panel 5 will be held with JDN, the Junior Doctor Network, a branch of WMA, the World Medical Association.

Each stream group shall present the work developed so far, and will receive direct feedback and input from Junior Doctors, experts on advocating on each issueGlobal Health Advocacy Concepts of Global Health Advocacy. Your questions, what was useful and relevant, how did this shape your approach Training Sessions These two sessions envision to give you the specific soft skills you need for a successful attendance of the WHA. The first session is a training on advocacy which will take place at the pre-WHA venue.

The second sessions is an Introduction to the WHA, hosted by the Graduate Institute. Check for more information here: http://graduateinstitute.ch/globalhealth-event17may. This second event will take place at the Auditorium A1B, Maison de la Paix, Chemin Eugène Rigot, 1211 Geneva 21.

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VI) Logistics • Check - In You can check in under your name at the Paquis-Centre on arrival day, May 13th 2015 - please note that check-in opens at 14:00. If you arrive early, we are able to provide you with a place to keep your belongings until you receive access to PaquisCentre. All guests must show a valid ID or passport.

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• Transportation Travel during the pre-WHA will happen on foot. Le Palais des Nations, where the WHA will take place is 30 minutes walk from Paquis-Centre, but by tram is only 15.

Details are provided in Annexe E.

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• Food Light breakfast will be provided at the Paquis-Centre.

Lunch is served at the venue of the Youth Pre-WHA. Dinner is served at Rue de Rotchild, a 2 minutes walk from Paquis-Centre

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Venue (Session Location) Villa Barton & Auditorium Jacques Freymond are in Parc Barton :132 rue de Lausanne, Geneva

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Dress Code Dress code for sessions of the Youth Pre-WHA is business casual.

Dress code for the World Health Assembly is formal business attire.

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VII)Contact Information Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at prewha@ifmsa.org or lwho@ifmsa.org For emergencies, please contact, Pedro Correia de Miranda, Organizing Committee Chairperson, at +351 913549233 or by email: lwho@ifmsa.org. A swiss number will be provided soon.

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VIII)Acknowledgements Thank you very much to our partners & sponsors in this event.

Global Health Programme, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies | Geneva Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH)

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Thank you to all Organizing Committee Members.

Ms. Jouhayna Bentaleb, Mr. Pedro Correia de Miranda, Mr. Karim El Sayed, Ms. Jade Lim, Ms. Meggie Mwoka, Ms. Paula Peremiquel, Ms. Stijntje Dijk, Mr. Yassen Tcholakov.

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Annex A: Useful websites

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Global Health Europe (www.globalhealtheurope.org) Global Health Diplomacy Network (GHD-NET) (www.ghd-net.org) The Graduate Institute, Geneva (http://graduateinstitute.ch/home.html) Global Health Strategies Initiatives (GHSi) (www.ghsinitiatives.org) World Health Organization website (www.who.int)

Annex B: OC Members’ Biographies & Contact Information g

Pedro Correia De Miranda lwho@ifmsa.org l +351 913549233

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Pedro is a final year medical school at the University of Oporto, Portugal. After a first term serving IFMSA as Liaison Officer to Student Organizations, he currently is the Liaison Officer to the WHO, and Chairperson of the Youth PreWHA Workshop. He has attended all editions of this workshop so far, both as participant and as OC member, and is currently IFMSA’s link to the WHO. His main interests are Global Health, the post-2015 agenda and Universal Health Coverage, and he has been representing IFMSA in many external events for the past 2 years, advocating on all these issues and on youth engagement within decision making processes.

!Jouhayna Bentaleb (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) bentaleb.jouhayna@gmail.com | +1.514.660.6209 !Jouhayna Bentaleb is a last year medical student at the University of Montreal, currently sits as vice-chair of the pre-WHA (World Health Assembly). She has work experience on the IFMSA international team of the research exchange program, one of the largest medical exchange programs worldwide. She is a member of the board of Directors of IFMSA-Quebec.

Jouhayna is also involved in Global Surgery field with the ICES and WHO. She will begin a residency in obstetrics and gynaecology.

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Paula Peremiquel (Catalonia- Spain)

paulaperemiquel@gmail.com | +34.678.89.93.38 Paula is a young medical doctor from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain. She is doing her residency on Preventive Medicine and Public Health in Hospital de la Vall d’Hebrón, Barcelona. She is the former President of AECS-Catalonia and she has been involved in the IFMSA for the last years. She leads the Advocacy and Policy team in AECS-Catalonia and she is a member of the Organizing Committee of the Barcelona Global Health Summer School. She has strong interests in healthcare systems organization, infectious diseases, access to essential medicines, medical education, preventive medicine and student empowerment and youth participation.

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Jade Lim (Melbourne-Australia) jadel.1404@gmail.com | +61.422.096.071

!Jade is a final year student at the University of Melbourne undertaking the intercalated Doctor of Medicine/Masters of Public Health Degree. She has been involved in IFMSA and AMSA-Australia, having attended the Youth Pre-WHA and WHA as a delegate in 2013. She is particularly interested in access issues around essential medicines and open access to research and education, as well as child health, health systems, and effective youth engagement.

Yassen Tchokalov (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) yassentch@gmail.com | +1.514.717.3170 Yassen is a last year medical student at the University of Montreal, and holds a Master of International Health degree from the University of Copenhagen. He is a member of the Supervising Council of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA).

He is also a member of the Trainee Advisory Committee of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH). On the national level he is involved in the Youth Advisory Group of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. He has work experience in the Climate Change and Health Unit of the World Health Organization (WHO) and in the urban environment team of the Montreal Department of Public Health. He is an advocate for public health and global health education namely in the medical curriculum; he has specific experience in the topics of healthcare systems, global health governance, climate change policy and development.

His interests in global health are wide and range from international policy making and development to local healthcare system management and organization.

!Stijntje Dijk (Rotterdam - The Netherlands) stijntjedijk@gmail.com | +31.622.124.199 !Stijntje is a 4th year medical student from the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the

Netherlands, and is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for her Masters Research. She is currently serving as the Liaison Officer for Medical Education issues for IFMSA. During the Pre-WHA, she will support the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) stream.

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Meggie Mwoka (Nairobi - Kenya) meggiemwokz@gmail.com | +254.721.370.362 !

Meggie Mwoka, final year medical student, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Currently IFMSA RC AFRICA and VPM -elect.Has been previous OC member and participant of Pre-WHA. 2nd WHA am attending. Excited to be working with Youth from different fields in the promotion of health at a global and local level. Looking forward to interactive discussions and learning from all the participants at the pre-WHA. Will be stream coordinator for this year WHA on Health Systems and Ebola Outbreak.

!Karim M. Abdeltawab (Alexandria - Egypt) Karim.93kk@gmail.com | +20.128.3.226.554 !Karim is an ambitious global change maker from Alexandria, Egypt, currently pursuing a medical career, through the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University. Serving target groups of adolescents to the young adult sector has been the main framework of his public health involvement. Working in the International Federation of Medical Students Associations, as Eastern Mediterranean Regional Projects assistant, Karim has focused on advocating for universal health coverage and worked closely with health system policy makers in Egypt.

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Gare de Cornavin to Rue du Môle 6 - Google Maps

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Walk 700 m, 8 min

Annex - Walking Directions to Accommodation Directions fromCGare de Cornavin to Rue du Môle 6

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Address: Paquis-Centre, Rue de Mole 11 1201 Geneve.

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Rue du Môle 6 1201 Genève, Switzerland These directions are for planning purposes only. You may 7nd that construction projects, traf7c, weather, or other events may cause conditions to differ from the map results, and you should plan your route accordingly. You must obey all signs or notices regarding your route.

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Turn left onto Destination Rue Jean-Ant.-Gautier/Rue Jean-Antoine-Gautier will be on the right !

Address Villa Barton & Auditorium Jacques Freymond are in Parc Barton : 132 rue de Lausanne, Geneva

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Rue du Môle 6 to Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland - Google Maps

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Annex E - Walking Directions to the WHA Directions from Rue du Môle 6 to Palace of Nations

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