Mohamed Eissa - Candidature for IFMSA Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues 22/23

CANDIDATURE FOR IFMSA LIAISON OFFICER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES 22/23

Mohamed Eissa

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Motivation Letter Plan of Action Curriculum Vitae

Motivation Letter Dearest IFMSA family, Almost a year has passed since my elections; a year full of ups and downs, a year full of proud moments and many more moments where I felt I could do better for this place. However, at this point in time, I am asking myself the question that you are definitely wondering about as well: Why a second term?

During this term, I got to learn and experience the true meaning of advocacy; in external meetings, in external affairs work and even in discussions within the different teams I am part of. And to be honest, at each of these moments, no matter how stressful many of them were, I was over the moon; I was satisfied. This satisfaction was not a momental one, but rather a feeling that accompanied me during this term. And the reason for this is what I see beyond these actions and beyond this satisfaction.

Whenever I look at the world, I have always been frustrated by the number of people suffering from deteriorated health status, mainly due to health disparities and several determinants of health negatively impacting their daily lives, in addition to other agendas being prioritised without any inclusion of health in the centre of these policies.

Is what I am explaining actually happening ? The answer is Yes. Does anyone deserve it? The answer is No. These two main questions are the reasons I am applying for the position of IFMSA Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues, one more time for the position and one last time for the IFMSA. When you get to witness daily people dying because of waiting lists in hospitals, you know that

something is wrong. When you get to see people unaware of what health entails and what risk factors they are facing and should stop facing everyday, you know something is wrong. When you hear stories from your colleagues and fellow medical students of their inability to raise their voice, calling for their health and the health of their populations, you know something is wrong.

When you get to do your best and decide to put your energy, time and efforts into representing 1.3 million medical students, advocating with them about the most critical public health issues, you know something right is being done and I want to do this right thing.

During the past year, I have been working on strengthening our public health external affairs, through working on the sustainability, meaningfulness and benefit of our partnerships, opportunities and collaboration, in addition to working on evidence-based advocacy, better policy making and usage process, in addition to more advanced implementation of the global priorities all under the umbrella of teamwork and empowerment, aiming for a more sustainable representation of the IFMSA as a powerful stakeholder, advocating effectively about public health issues. However, I believe there is always more to do and there is always room for improvement. I believe some mini achievements have been done, but I crave for more. I am looking forward to the moment, where IFMSA stands strongly, supporting populations to receive their basic human right to health, while at the same empowering medical students to raise their own voices, in their own communities, asking for the same.

My name is Mohamed Eissa; a fellow human, who

Motivation Letter is sharing with you a world, where health does not exist as a priority; a fellow medical student who wishes to share with you one final IFMSA journey, where we get to unite together to strengthen our advocacy and sustain our efforts.

I am applying this second time with so much motivation and dedication to make this next term an exceptional one, using the knowledge and skills I gained and the experiences I lived already as your Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues for this term. I believe I am ready more than ever to live this experience once again in a much more powerful and improved way using all the lessons learned from the current term, to make the next term as flawless as possible.

As I always say in the panels I get to attend: “I am proud to stand here representing 1.3 million medical students. However I will be prouder when each of these students gets empowered and gets the platform to raise their voices and represent their own calls to health” Let’s do this together and join forces, one more time, to ensure health for all by all.

Yours,

Mohamed Eissa.

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SCOPH - Standing Committee on Public Health PH - Public Health -EA - External Affairs NMOs- National Member Organizations MM - March Meeting AWP - Annual Working Plan IT - International Team OLM - Online Meeting ME- Members Engagement DA- Development Assistant PRC- Public Relations and Communications MoU - Memorandum of Understanding NCD - Non Communicable Diseases CD - Communicable Diseases WHO - World Health Organization TB - Tuberculosis VPE - Vice President for External Affairs LOs - Liaison Officers SWG - Small Working Group SCOPH D - SCOPH Director RD - Regional Director SDoH - Social Determinants of Health GP - Global Priorities TO - Team of Officials WHA - World Health Assembly RC - Regional Committee CPD - Commission on Population and Development BIO - Behaviour, Impact, Outcome GA - General Assembly NPO - National Public Health Officer UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization SDG - Sustainable Development Goals

Plan of Action

As usual, in order to kick start the plan of action, it is important to set our vision and goals which will guide the creation and the implementation of the plan of action.

Throughout this plan of action, I will be following the same vision and goal of my plan of action for the previous term, in order to ensure sustainability and provide the platform for more sufficient efforts to be provided to ensure morepostiviely impactful and sustainable outcomes.

As a reminder, Vision I would like to start by mentioning my vision’s source of inspiration: IFMSA Vision: A world in which all medical students unite for global health and are equipped with the knowledge, skills and values to take on health leadership roles locally and globally.

SCOPH Vision: Medical Students attain the optimal skills and knowledge to contribute to their full potential towards the making of healthier communities in their capacity as medical students and as future healthcare providers.

My vision is inspired by both IFMSA and SCOPH vision, while reflecting on the work of the LPH. My vision for the position of LPH for this term: All members of IFMSA are equipped with all the knowledge and competencies through all possible external and internal opportunities that empower them to become competent public health leaders, who are able to ensure a healthier world for all.

Goal To increase the members’ knowledge, skills and competencies to enable them to contribute meaningfully to the addressing of public health issues on national, regional and international levels.

My plan of action will follow this format: Falling under the umbrella of Advocacy and thus will be divided into several pillars, through which effective, efficient and sustainable advocacy will be achieved Each pillar will be divided into two sections: Sustained Plans and Building Upon Efforts to foster the principles of sustainability and innovation, while staying in line with the value of learning the lessons from this term, specifically from the obstacles and challenges that arose.

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Pillars Pillar 1: Situational Analysis After this term’s work, it is important to assess the impact of the work done in the Public Health External Affairs and continue to analyze the situation objectively to further identify gaps and accordingly, identify the solutions for them. Therefore, I aim to: Sustained Plans: SCOPH External Affairs sections in the SCOPH Baseline and Needs Assessment, in addition to the MM23 NMO Report Building Upon Efforts: Consultations to identify the following: Reasons for analyzed gaps in PH EA from MM22 NMO Report, in addition to the SCOPH assessments at the beginning of next term Proposed solutions to guide my AWP Proposed way forward for the implementation of the EA in the SCOPH Strategy 22-25, if adopted

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Pillars Pillar 2: External Partnerships, Opportunities and Collaborations For positive advocacy impacts to take place, meaningful, accessible and visible advocacy and external affairs partnerships, opportunities and collaborations must be sustained and continuously improved to ensure that the strong position of IFMSA remains this way, even in the presence of internal and/or external challenges or obstacles, in addition to the insurance that the work is not affected by the fast turnover in the IFMSA Team of Officials, but rather improved with this turnover.

Sustained Plans: Assessing the current communication with partners and creation of a standardised communication strategy for external partners Work on the inclusion of the LPH as IFMSA representative in more steering committees of other organisations and working groups.

Increasing the quantity and quality of meaningful and beneficial partnerships, collaborations and opportunities for Public health advocacy and increase our involvement in them Ensuring the presence of the PH EA Updates section in all IT OLMs Continuing the effective and active and proactive engagement with external partners in different initiatives including but not limited to side events, publications, campaigns, webinars and speaking opportunities etc..

Building Upon Efforts: Finalising the work with SCOPH ME DA and PRC IT on the creation and implementation of a strategy for improving the internal visibility of the PH EA Creation of a standardised plan for the preparation and capacity development of the delegation and their advocacy in external meetings, with a focus on preparations before the meeting, active implementation during the meeting and follow-up with an evaluation after the meeting Further engage with more Public Health stakeholders that are relevant to our focus areas, guided by our 5 IFMSA Public Health related programs and IFMSA Public Health Policies Efficiently use the guide for sustainable partnerships, that I created this term, to ensure the creation of effective partnerships, that are accompanied by impactful actions, extending beyond the ones present in our previous MoUs. This will include follow up on the new potential partners whom new contact was initiated with, under the different focus areas: NCDs: NCD Alliance and NCD Child, Movendi International CD: WHO TB Department Mental Health: United for Global Mental Health Health Systems: Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative General Public Health: Global Health Council, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, International Union for Health Promotion Education, WHO Social Determinants of Health Department, WHO Economic and Commercial Determinants of Health Unit Create action plans for the work with the existing and potential different public health external partners, in addition to the creation of plans for the proactive engagement of the IFMSA in the global advocacy towards different public health issues Create objective and realistic monitoring and evaluation plans of our partnerships and external affairs work to ensure evidence-based improvement.

Improvement in the usage of our external communication tools such as campaigns relevant to externals and external events and social media coverage for delegations to external meeting Development of standardised guidelines for the drafting of statements and talking points

Pillars Pillar 3: Policy Documents and Policy Process As our policy documents represent a major tool in our advocacy, the process of making and using the policy document on international, regional and national levels must be strengthened and improved.

Sustained Plans: Continuing the support of NMOs in the national policy making and usage process through the development, implementation and evaluation of the empowerment plans Building Upon Efforts: With the VPE and LOs, work on the improvement and development of the policy process including but not limited to selection of policy topics, selection of members of SWGs and commissions, capacity development plan, structure of policy documents, inputs process by NMOs and externals Analysing our policy documents and identifying ways for IFMSA’s meaningful and proactive engagement that would allow the achievement of our calls to action to the different stakeholders through working on the development of action plans for IFMSA’s contributions to the achievement of the call to action to other stakeholders to guide the work on the external affairs of the relevant topics With the SCOPH D, explore the potential of using the policy documents to guide external and internal activities, as mentioned in our bylaws.

Work with the RDs on the development of regional policy plans and policy briefs to guide the regional efforts on the relevant public health topics

Pillar 4: Research and Evidence In order for advocacy to be powerful enough, it must be based on science and evidence. Thus if IFMSA is to strengthen its position in the public health arena, proactiveness and usage of our capacities and resources must take place to both use evidence effectively, in addition to generating evidence ourselves.

Sustained Plans: Work on increasing IFMSA public health publications, together with partners, while ensuring their relevance to global agendas and the contribution of these publications to the progress of these agendas Continuing the discussions with the WHO SDoH department and the WHO on Economic and Commercial determinants of health on the research projects already discussed Submit abstracts to relevant conferences that showcase IFMSA’s work and impact Building Upon Efforts: Adapting the IFMSA policy making process in a more improved manner in the creation of publications by IFMSA members on different public health issues Usage of NMO report for effective collection of data, when needed, in cross sectional studies Use global action plans and resolutions adopted in relevant external meetings as a guide for us to identify our roles as part of the civil society and exploring possible ways to contribute to the achievement of these global plans

Pillars Pillar 5: Global Priorities As GPs represent a major pillar of our work, highlighting the main areas we need to focus on per term, it is important to work effectively on them to ensure the best possible outcomes.

Sustained Plans: Enhance the understanding of the members regarding global priorities in terms of public health knowledge and actions implemented by IFMSA and other stakeholders on the external level Work with the SCOPH IT on the creation of an action plan for the alignment of the internal and external goals of the relevant global priorities Identify areas of collaborations with TO members for the accomplishment of the GPs’ objectives Building Upon Efforts With the TO, work on developing the prioritisation system in the IFMSA including but not limited to selection of the GPs, drafting of the proposal and its objectives, and monitoring and evaluation Arising from the importance of proactiveness, I will work on opening a call for proposals for public health projects to be done with externals on the external level, focusing on our global priorities areas, to be implemented throughout the term.

Pillar 6: Internal Teamwork One of the main lessons learned from this term is that we can achieve alone, but we can achieve much more, together. Collaborations and teamwork should not just happen on the external level, but also internally as they bring more diversity and strength to our work, in addition to increasing the sense of accountability and ownership and thus producing more positive impacts.

Sustained Plans: Start discussions to our visions of the work for the next term and agreeing on common grounds and priorities for the SCOPH and EA work for the term with the relevant TO members Work on further ensuring the alignment of the internal and external efforts Providing support to LOs and RDs in their and mutual external meetings and trying to contribute effectively when needed such as AMEE abstracts submission, Youth PreWHA and WHA, WHO RCs, CPD, etc..

Ensure active presence with the SCOPH IT and further improve my collaboration with them on their work and provide opportunities for their active involvement in my work As a general TO and SCOPH IT members, actively contribute with inputs and providing BIO feedback, while being flexible to receiving feedback and implement it, work on attending all meetings and engage meaningfully in them, always act in accordance with our bylaws, constitutions, strategies, visions, missions and GA decisions, in addition to ensuring an enabling working environment, with continuous motivation and support for my fellow officials.

Building Upon Efforts: Collaborate with the VPE and LOs on the creation of an efficient and sustainable distribution of focus areas and partners between LOs Develop my contributions to GAs through assisting in the creation of the SCOPH sessions agenda, facilitate more sessions, inviting externals, in addition to providing spaces for discussions, inputs, reflections and questions for NPOs and NMOs Following up on and starting the process of regional public health external affairs empowerment plans with interested RDs

Pillars Pillar 7: Capacity Development In last term’s plan of action, capacity development was not an explicit pillar in my plan of action and throughout this term, I learnt that no matter how much work is being done on the external level, it is important to note that our main direct target groups is the medical students and that I should contribute to their empowerment to effectively do the same advocacy work on their grassroots level, in addition to sustaining the efforts done in the Public Health External Affairs over the years.

Self Capacity Development: Creating a detailed task description and further empowering the role of the Informal LPH Advisory committee, that I created this year Creation of open spaces with members and possible externals with 2 main aims: Providing updates and receiving inputs, and discussing global public health issues and literature to further widen our horizons Conduct an assessment at the beginning of the term in regards to my strengths and weaknesses and identify methods for developing them through IFMSA and other platforms Explore the possibility of creating an LPH and PH EA specific feedback forms, tailored to different target groups such as teams I am part of, NPOs, general members, external partners etc..

SCOPH IT Capacity Development Developing standardised PH EA capacity development materials for the SCOPH IT Competency Module that are tailored to their needs 1-1 meetings with every SCOPH IT member, identifying their areas of interest in PH EA and working on developing plans for their engagement NPOs and General Members Capacity Development Following the analysis of the different assessment, create a capacity development plan for NPOs and general members which may include but not limited to: Organising thematic webinars/orange forums series that can address our focus areas and other Public Health topics from an external perspective, with the presence of externals and experts from partner organisations Conducting post-external meetings webinars that summarise the outcomes of these meetings in terms of global public health, our contributions and for discussing future plans on global and national levels Organizing Capacity Development initiatives such as training sessions and workshops to members and NPOs on external affairs and advocacy, especially in regional meetings and general assemblies Contributing to the SCOPH workshops reform, specifically the reform of external affairs related sessions NMOs Capacity Development Following the analysis of the MM22 and MM23 NMO reports, I will approach NMOs wishing to collaborate with me on developing their national public health external affairs and work with them on the creation, implementation and follow up of an empowerment plan, similar to what is currently done with national policy processes Regularly discuss the needs of the NMOs and regions and work on adapting my work to include them Facilitate, support, follow up and evaluate the communication and collaboration between NMOs interested in common areas of Public Health external affairs/facing common struggles

Pillars Pillar 8: Innovation As much as it is important to continue the efforts of the past and the present in a sustainable manner, there always must be space for innovation and new ideas to be implemented. Therefore as a result of what I have experienced during this term, both internally and externally, I aim to explore the possibility of implementing these ideas, aiming for more fruitful PH EA outcomes.

Public Health version of the Voluntary National Reviews: Submission by NMOs annually regarding their public health contributions to the SDGs agenda, to be shared with all external partners Youth as Public Health Researcher: Inspired by the UNESCO’s initiative, this initiative will serve an annual project, equipping selected members with knowledge, skills and competencies in Public Health and Research to be able to contribute to research projects and policy making with external stakeholders, under the leadership of LPH Public Health SDG Champions: Initiative to select empowered youth, impacting their communities positively in the public health and SDGs arena to support the LPH in the creation of all relevant advocacy materials and contribute to input processes and other requirements from the LPH in the Public Health and SDGs areas.

Public Health Young Leaders Program: This will be a replication of the same project produced by NCD Child, which will be a one-year leadership program created to support selected IFMSA members to scale up their leadership capacity, increase engagement in public health advocacy.

Further proposals and plans will always be welcome.

This marks the end of this plan of action. It is important to note that the plan of action is a preliminary proposal of what I want to do and work on. However further discussion, if elected, will take place to make sure that the best for the federation is what will be implemented. I will make sure to always abide by the values and principles of the IFMSA, ensuring my availability and prioritization of the IFMSA and its members, while being guided by our main documents: IFMSA Constitution and Bylaws All IFMSA relevant regulations IFMSA Code of Conduct IFMSA Strategies, the general one, the SCOPH one and the regional ones IFMSA Global Priorities

MOHAMED EISSA Personal Details Full name: Mohamed Mamdouh Elsayed Sayed Ahmed Eissa Birth Date: 13/02/1997 Personal Email: mohamed.mamdouh.eissa@gmail.com Mobile number: 00201276590881 Residence: Alexandria, Egypt

Work Experience 2022 - Present WHO Egypt - Climate Change and COVID-19 Youth Associate 2016-2017 Vodafone Deutschland - Customer Service Agent

Education IGCSE 2015 11A*, 1A Alexandria Faculty of Medicine 2015 - Present Languages Arabic (Mother Tongue) English (Fluent) German (Intermediate) Policy Making Experience IFMSA Mental Health Inter-professional Education Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Healthy Ageing AMR Meaningful Youth Engagement NCDs Food for Health and Sustainability Addiction Alcohol Consumption Neglected Tropical Diseases Primary Health Care Tobacco Consumption IFMSA Egypt Mental Health Climate Change and Health Female Genital Mutilation YOURS-Youth for Road Safety Road Safety and SDG 3

Leadership Positions 2021 - Present IFMSA Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety - Youth Leadership Board member 2020/2021 IFMSA SCOPH Capacity Building Development Assistant IFMSA Youth PreWHA UHC Academic Coordinator and Mental Health Advocacy Working Group Coordinator IFMSA Egypt Policy Assistant ASSA Alexandria Local Committee Extensive Experience Committee Member Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety Regional Leader for Africa 2019/2020 IFMSA SCOPH Regional Assistant for the EMR ASSA Alexandria Local Committee Vice President for External Affairs 2018/2019 IFMSA Egypt National Public Health Officer 2017/2018 IFMSA Egypt NCDs Project National Coordinator 2011-2013 Interact Alexandria Sporting Club - Club Service Director IFMSA Workshops and Trainings Attendance TNT AMOC PHLT on Mental Health PHLT-T Facilitation (More than 250 hours) 5 PHLTs: 2 on UHC and 1 on Climate Change and Health, 1 on Health Equity and 1 on Post Pandemic Recovery Mental Health Essentials for Future Healthcare Professionals workshops AMOC Global Health Advocates

Publications IFMSA EMR AMR Advocacy Toolkit IFMSA UHC Simulation Manual IFMSA Egypt SCOPH Strategic Plan IFMSA Egypt Youth Declaration on Meaningful Youth Engagement IFMSA MSI 40th Edition NCDs Mental Health Essentials Abstract for the European Psychiatric Association Conference Omrani OE, Essar MY, Alqodmani L, Uakkas S, Eissa M, Mahmood J, et al. The contribution of Islam to planetary health. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2021;5(6).

WHO COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health WHO Climate change and health research: Current trends, gaps and perspectives for the future Eissa, R. R. and M. (2021, November 12). Universal Nutrition Coverage: A transformative opportunity for health and food advocates. Health Policy Watch.

Gasparri G, Eissa M, ImbagoJácome D, Nandini B. (2022, March 28). Climate emergency: how should COP27 do better for adolescents and young people?

Technical Skills Project Management and Proposal Writing Research Skills including but not limited to literature review, data analysis and scientific writing Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Canva, Adobe Minutes taking Social Media Platforms Coordination (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Linkedin

External Meetings Attended Physical Local Conference of Youth on Climate Change 2019, 2021 Speaker IFMSA Egypt Head of delegation to Bridging Gaps in Oncology Conference. Cairo, Egypt 2018 IFMSA Egypt member of delegation at WHO EMRO Youth Town Hall. Cairo, Egypt 2018 2nd World Youth Assembly for Road Safety. Stockholm, Sweden 2020 IFMSA Egypt Delegate at 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Stockholm, Sweden 2020 IFMSA Head of Delegation to UN Climate Change COP26. Glasgow, UK 2021 IFMSA Delegation to the World Health Assembly. Geneva, Switzerland 2022 IFMSA Delegation to the 151st WHO Executive Board Meeting.

Geneva, Switzerland 2022 IFMSA Delegate to Stockholm +50. Stockholm, Sweden 2022 WHO Egypt Delegate to Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development. Cairo, Egypt 2022 Virtual Observer at IPSF EMR Assembly. 2020 An IFMSA Delegate at the 73rd WHA and PreWHA. 2020 International AIDS Conference. 2020 AMEE Conference. 2020 3rd Youth SDGs Summit, Coordinator of YOURS Road Safety and SDGs Session. 2021 WHO-GCHA EMRO regional Consultations on Climate Change and Health. Facilitator of IFMSA’s session. 2021 An IFMSA Delegate at the 74th WHA and PreWHA. 2021 ECOSOC Youth Forum. 2021 An IFMSA delegate to the UN HLPF. 2021 An IFMSA delegate to the WHO Special Session. 2021 WHO Global Conference on Health Promotion 2021 56th Commission on Population and Development 2022 Geneva Health Forum 2022 Other relevant experience AMEE Student Task Force 2022 WHO-GCHA Civil Society Working Group regional advisor for the Climate Change and Health Regional Consultations Global Health Mentorship Program - Student and Young Professional. 2020 Cycle Member in "Medical Research Education and Practice Association" and "Medical Research Group of Egypt" (2017-2019) Capacity Building Committee Member in "Alexandria Model European Union" (2017-2018) Member in Alexandria Faculty of Medicine Student Research Initiative (2016)

Research Projects Experience Genotype-phenotype correlation in Retinoblastoma, faculty of medicine genome center, 2016 Learning in Medical Schools on Women's and Children's Global Health, IFMSA Egypt Research support division, 2016 Febuxostat versus Placebo or Allopurinol for Gout or Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Medical Research Education and Practice Association, 2017 Determining the clinical profile of Parkinson’s disease among Egyptian population; A National, Cross-sectional, Medical research group of Egypt, 2017 WHO GAP Research Project on Climate Change and Health Systematic Review for Identifying the Effectiveness of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Interventions for Health Care Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

List of Abbreviations IGCSE - International General Certificate of Secondary Education IFMSA - International Federation of Medical Students' Associations AMR - Antimicrobial Resistance SDG - Sustainable Development Goal NCDs - Non-Communicable Diseases SCOPH - Standing Committee On Public Health EMR - Eastern Mediterranean Region ASSA - Alexandria Students' Scientific Association WHA - World Health Assembly UHC - Universal Health Coverage TNT - Training New Trainers SRT - Sub Regional Training AMOC - Activity Management Online Course PHLT - Public Health Leadership Training PHLT-T Public Health Leadership Training of Trainers MSI - Medical Students International IPSF - International Pharmaceutical Students Federation AIDS - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome AMEE - Association for Medical Education in Europe GCHA - Global Climate and Health Alliance ECOSOC - Economic and Social Council UN HLPF - United Nations High-Level Political Forum WHO - World Health Organization COP - Conference of Parties

Thank you for taking the time to read my candidature.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at mohamed.mamdouh.eissa@gmail.com