AMSA Health Day
The AMSA Health Day is celebrated on 2nd of May every year to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of AMSA Malaysia. It provides a great opportunity to the AMSA members to mobilise action around a specific concerned health topic to the people all over Malaysia. All the member universities of AMSA Malaysia will carry out the theme-related programmes in different locations in Malaysia to promote awareness on certain health topics to our society.
Our latest theme in 2023 is Close the Care Gap, where aim to enhance public awareness regarding colorectal cancer specifically. In this initiative we create activities such as awareness campaign and screening to help educate the public on how we can detect colorectal cancer earlier or even better prevent ourselves from getting it.
UPM Diabetes Day
Diabetes, a conundrum that long-existed and yet to be resolved. Our country is bestowed with countless scrumptious food from different and unique cultures such as the Malay, Chinese, Indian, Nyonya, you name it ! But a sedentary lifestyle in combination with those aforementioned gems, turns happiness into a nightmare. The well known and obnoxious disease : Diabetes. Henceforth, here is Diabetes Day 2023 brought to you by AMSA UPM and THE BABA EVENTS ! We worked in synergy and hope to raise awareness to the public in regard to this issue. Many free but invaluable health screenings were there ready to serve you and be the guardian of your health. With knowledge, We serve.
AMSAxPDJM Health Screening 2023
AMSA Monash has collaborated with PDJM Monash (Persatuan Doktor-Doktor Johor Monash) in this event to provide a health screening session and physiotherapy briefing session to the elderlies and caretakers from Pusat Kebajikan Orang Tua Ceria situated at Johor. With an aim to promote compassion acts among the community and improve medical students’ clinical skills, we have recruited a number of volunteers from Monash Medical University in this programme. Prior to the event, we have also collected donations from the students to buy food and daily necessities for the elderlies. Overall, this was a successful event with good effort from everyone.
World Primary Immunodeficiency Week (WPIW)
World PI Week is a global campaign which aims to raise awareness and improve diagnosis and treatment of primary immunodeficiencies (PI). As for Malaysia, WPIW is organised in collaboration with The Malaysian Patients Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiency (MyPOPI) since year 2015. Now, WPIW becomes one of the annual public health programmes of AMSA Malaysia. WPIW offers an opportunity to inform and educate health policy-makers, schools and families, and the general public about primary immunodeficiencies (PI) to drive the earliest possible diagnosis and optimal treatment. Through events and activities promoting the warning signs of PI, the global PI community can unite to bring about positive changes in healthcare systems and practices around the world in support of people living with PI.
PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCY WEEK
