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Contents 01. What is ACTION 02. Welcome Message from the Organizing Committee 03. Message from the NMO President 04. Message from the SCORP Director 05. ACTION 2020 06. Logo 07. Theme 08. Participants 09. Refugee Management Week 10. Infectious Disease Outbreak Management Week 11. Disaster Management Week 12. Event Schedule 13. Registration 14. Meet our MIGHTY OC 15. CORE Organizing Committee 16. International Organizing Committee 17. Contact Information
Let’s begin
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What is Action? ACTION The Asian Collaborative Training on Infectious Diseases Outbreaks, Natural Disasters and Refugee Management is a transnational project, held by the Standing Committee On Human Rights and Peace, IFMSA in the Asia-Pacific region
For the ďŹ rst time ever, this prestigious event is going to be hosted by Bangladesh!
Welcome Message Soaiba Zannat Organizing Comittee Chairperson for ACTION 2020
Dear beloved IFMSA Asia Pacific, It has been more than five years since BMSS shared its first splendid IFMSA experience being the host for APRM 2014. Since then we have been longing to host the most popular IFMSA transnational project of Asia Pacific region “ACTION (Asian Collaborative Training on Infectious Disease Outbreak, Natural Disaster and Refugee Management)”. Finally, the wait is over !! We, the organizing committee are thrilled and honored to invite you all for first ever in fifteen years to the virtual ACTION 2020. We believe and support the inspiration behind ACTION with full spirit and with that spirit virtual ACTION 2020 will take place from 6th September to 30th September. Bangladesh’s devoted role in management and rehabilitation of approximately 10,00,000 refugees during Rohingya crisis significantly reflects the theme of ACTION itself. We may be from different culture, different tongue , different mentality. We believe ACTION 2020 will play a role to fill in these differences and will bring out the best diverse solutions from participants to develop the region internally with all the resource using. As per planning ACTION 2020 was in the process of being materialized, entire OC put their heart out to make our dream come true but unfortunately due to COVID-19 pandemic, the process had to be halted for health & safety requirements. But since it has always been our mission to make our region stronger than ever in establishing disaster management regulative framework to mitigate the effects and our role accordingly, we took one step backwards, halted the motion and came back with full force, to unite our beloved Asia Pacific Region discussing the global health issues, with a focus on the management of infectious disease outbreak, disasters and refugee crisis, as per our theme for ACTION 2020 “ It’s Now or Never”. On behalf of the whole OC, I wholeheartedly welcome you all to Bangladesh virtually for an inspired, motivated and innovative ACTION 2020 that will surely reflect what we are And what we stand and strive for as an NMO. See you all in Virtual ACTION 2020 !!!
NMO President Fahtiha Nasreen PRESIDENT Bangladesh Medical Students’ Society Term 20/21
Dear IFMSA Family,আন্তিরক �েভচ্ছা ! 2020 has been the year of isolation. Yet it could not stop us from evolving, sharing, learning and advocating. We acted globally, we acted locally! Asian Collaborative Training on Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Natural Disasters and Refugee Management (ACTION) is a platform for medical students’ of our warm & diverse Asia Pacific region, to interact, share and exchange ideas. As NMO President, it is a delight & honor to invite you all to ACTION which will be virtually hosted by my lovely NMO, BMSS-Bangladesh. “Refugees are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children, with the same hopes and ambitions as us—except that a twist of fate has bound their lives to a global refugee crisis on an unprecedented scale.” — Khaled Hosseini. Through ACTION, medical students get to learn & act on the importance of addressing the medical needs of refugees,their medical and mental health issues and cross-cultural care issues. It’s a basic for medical students to not only work for disease control but also for prevention and ACTION every year has been playing a role model to motivate the medicos to grow the urge for helping the disaster victims with proper management. ACTION not only provides the skills, experiences and ideas but also provides a hand to hand activity amongst the participants which acquaint them about the vital role they can play during outbreaks. In order to manage the paradigm shift in disaster management, ACTION takes part in establishing disaster management regulatory framework. The organizing committee has been working extremely hard since August 2019 to welcome you all to our country.It would have been our immense pleasure to host ACTION in Beautiful Bangladesh, unfortunately, due to the pandemic outbreak, considering safety, well being & the monumental importance of the relevant topics during current global situation, a virtual ACTION has been organized for you all! Let’s all unite together to learn, to discover & to explore! See you all at the virtual ACTION 2020! আমন্তর্ণ রইেলা আমােদর েদেশ ! (Invitations remain to visit our country)
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We live in a fast-paced world and unpredictable world. Despite all the technologies we have reached, disasters are still hard to predict, and structural precautions are not enough to avoid the catastrophic results. The instantaneous handling of the disaster plays an important role in knowledge for aid providers and members of the community to know. However, as they may come out of the blue, when disasters strike, there is no time to prepare. It is ACTION time! ACTION represents a special experience and a platform to bring medical students from all over
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Let collaboration to follow. Not only skills and knowledge, but also the experiences and ideas shared between the participants are also as crucial to this learning and development adventure. “We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn’t have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.” To peace ... and beyond!
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ll unite together to learn, to discover & to explore! See you all at the virtual ACTION 2020! রইেলা আমােদর েদেশ ! (Invitations remain to visit our country)
First time in Fifteen years of history, A C T I O N is going to take place virtually connecting all over the Asia Pacific. Virtual ACTION will be a 3-week long program starting from 6th September to 30th September. Each week will be dedicated to each prime topics of ACTION. 1st Week on “The Refugee Management Week” 2nd Week on “The Infectious Disease Outbreak Management Week” & 3rd Week on “The Disaster Management Week” Each week will consist of opening ceremony, small group sessions, Open sessions, country representations and closing ceremony according to our theme in respective topic.
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THEME
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Theme for ACTION 2020
"It’s now or never”
Maximum South East Asians are not properly aware of the dos’ and don’ts during any kind of epidemic disaster. Any prosperous nation needs trained medical personnel to tackle and overcome different natural or manmade disasters. We hope that our ACTION 2020 delegates prove to be resourceful in such times of need. Our thematic sessions for this year aims to bring the best out of them and start utilizing their attributes in fighting crisis swiftly. Our goal is to inspire these leaders towards making positive changes and be equipped in managing an accidental outbreak on urgent call. Practicing positive consciousness is a habit, a long term process which needs to be cultured every moment and as soon as possible; remembering the fact that if we don’t opt for it now, we never will!
” ” Participants
We expect mighty delegation from all of the N a t i onal Member Organiza-
We expect mighty delegation from all of the 18 Na-
CIMSA-ISMKI, KazMSA Kazakhstan, AMSA Australia, AMSA Region, weFMS-Taiwan, appreciate active participation from
CIMSA - ISMKI, FMS- Taiwan, KazMSA Kazakhstan, AMSA Australia, AMSA Singapore, SMAMS-MalayAsian MedicalIndia, Students’ Association HongIFMSA-China, Kong (AMSAHK), IFMSA sia, MSAI IFMSA-Japan, AsianPakiMedical Students’ Association Hong Kong (AM- in stan, NMSS-Nepal, IFMSA-Pakistan who have been actively participating SAHK), NMSS -Nepal, IFMSA-Pakistan who have ACTION since 2004. been actively participating in ACTION since 2004.
Singapore, SMMAMS- Malaysia, MSAI India, IFMSA-Japan, IFMSA- China,
” ” REFUGEE MANAGEMENT WEEK
The ACTION journey starts with ‘The Refugee Management Week’, from 8th September to 13th September 2020 as Bangladesh is currently house to the largest refugee settlement in the world with a staggering number of 900,000 Rohingya refugees in about 34 camps within its borders. Various NGOs, IGOs, and government organizations are working towards improving the Rohingya crisis. This makes it one of our priorities of discussion not only as a nation but also in ACTION 2020, with all of you! The Refugee Management week will comprise of: 1. Open Session: Webinar on “The Intersectional Approach towards Refugee management“ to be on 13th September accessible to everyone who registers on a rolling basis. 2. Closed Session: Two participants from each NMO from the selected delegation will receive the opportunity to participate in THE CLOSED SESSIONS in Refugee Management Week, which are aimed to provide a much more comprehensive layout to each topic, entailing detailed sessions affiliated to refugee management like, ‘refugee’ and ‘refugee crisis’.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT WEEK
How often has it been said that ‘the world will never be the same again after the COVID-19 pandemic?’ This very statement reveals the importance of containing an infectious epidemic outbreaks. With the increase in pandemic and epidemic outbreaks like Novel Coronavirus, MERS Coronavirus, Ebola virus, Zika virus, etc, throughout the globe in recent times; outbreak management and emergency response have become a pressing matter worldwide. ‘The Infectious Disease Outbreak Management week’, from 14th September to 20th September will comprise of: 1. Open Session: Webinar on “Human Rights-Based Approach in Global Health Emergencies” scheduled to be on the 20th of September,2020 on a rolling basis. 2. Closed Session: Two participants from each NMO from the selected delegation will receive the opportunity to participate in THE CLOSED SESSIONS in Infectious Disease Outbreak Management week which are aimed to provide a much more comprehensive layout to infectious disease outbreak, entailing detailed sessions on the topic.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT WEEK
The world imbibes innumerable bounties of nature, oxygen being nature’s finest gift to us. However, nature also unleashes its wrath on us as a result of subsequent ignorance from our part. Climate change, population growth, and urbanization are contributing to an increase in both the number and severity of disasters, with the Asia Pacific region particularly badly hit. It is therefore of utmost importance to put our shields up in times of despair, in addition to conserving our environment to prevent its frequency. ‘The Disaster Management week’, from 21st September to 27th September will comprise of: 1. Open Session: Webinar on “Combating the Duel Challenges Climate Changes & Covid-19” scheduled to be held on 27th September. 2. Closed Session: Two participants from each NMO from the selected delegation will receive the opportunity to participate in THE CLOSED & COMPREHENSIVE SESSIONS session on disaster management aims to provide a 360 view of the essentials of disaster management.
Openning Ceremony 6th September
Refugee Management Week 7th September-13th September
Infectious Disease Outbreak Management Week 14th September-20th September
Disaster Management Week 21st September-27th September
Country Representation 29th September
Closing Ceremony 30th September
Event Schedule
REGISTRATION
Important DEADLINES
Registration for PARTICIPANTS: Starts on 3rd August at 00:00 GMT Ends on 20 th August at 23:59 GMT Registration for TRAINERS : Starts on 3rd August at 00:00 GMT Ends on 15th August at 23:59 GMT Registration is open at ACTION 2020 Official Website, http://action-2020.com/
Follow these steps: 1
Enter into ACTION 2020 official website and click the REGISTER button
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Country Coordinators will send an email to schedule an interview
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After selection, a confirmation email will be sent to the applicant entailing the detailed schedule.
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Please contact at action2020bangladesh@gmail.com if there is any problem in any of the steps.
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Learn and enjoy!
Meet our Mighty Core OC
Soaiba Zannat Chairperson
Rannia Shehrish Co Chairperson
Mostofa Zaman Ashiq Myesha Maliha Prema Director of Academic
Kazi Saminur Rahman Vice Director of Finance
Puja Paul
Vice Director of Social Events
Asadur Rahman Nabin Director of Logistics
Vice Director of Academic
Tasnia Noor Salim
M. Omar Khaium Co Chairperson
Subah Zareen Director of Finance
Shagufta Rizia
Director of Visa and Registration
Director of Social Events
Marufa Hasin Heya
Tahsin Jawad
Vice Director of Social Events
Tahsin-ul Islam Director of PR
Director of Logistics
Mehreen S. Aurpa Vice Director of PR
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Katyayani Goswami IOC Chairperson
Yvonne Qian Vice Chair for Capacity Building
Farah Mardhiyah Vice Chair for Externals
Iori Vice Chair for Activities
Jessyka Kawi Vice Chair for Internals
Contacts
Soaiba Zannat Organizing Committee Chairperson Secretary General, BMSS(Term 20/21) Whatsapp: +8801995111333 Email: action2020bangladesh@gmail.com or secgen.bmss@gmail.com.
BMSS Bangladesh Contact Fahtiha Nasreen President, BMSS Bangladesh Whatsapp: +8801689876008 Email: bmss_bangladesh@ifmsa.org
It’s now or never http://action-2020.com/
