IPPNW-Students New Zealand / MGSA:
Medical Students for Global Awareness
A welcome from MGSA NSR, Jash Agraval
Dear Colleagues,
Medical Students for Global Awareness, MSGA, is a group that aims to foster interest and awareness about global health and peace issues among New Zealand medical students, creating a generation of health professionals that collectively form a powerful voice to better educate the public on local and global health issues and institute social change.
The group has been founded as part of the Nobel laureate organisation, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) which has had an active New Zealand branch (IPPNW-NZ) since 1982. We believe that the IPPNW ideals of interdependence between health and peace are equally relevant for budding New Zealand doctors 25 years on.
My name is Jash Agraval, a Trainee Intern at Auckland Medical School. I have been elected as the National student representative. My role is to link each of the respective clinical schools and liaise with other organizations and individuals. IPPNW has an extensive global student network and part of my role is to link that network with New Zealand students and vice/versa.
MSGA will be formed by semi autonomous groups of students in New Zealand medical schools. These groups will devise their own programme of meetings and activities to address the needs, interests and concerns of local members. Although MSGA has a strong connection with the nuclear weapons abolition movement as per IPPNW, our primary interest is in creating socially responsible clinicians. Local groups will be free to explore health issues with implications for peace, equity, population health and development – both locally and globally. Nationally, MSGA will provide a supportive environment for students who choose to pursue research interests in related fields, undertake peace campaigns, or participate in global IPPNW projects.
We look forward to working with you and making global health awareness an important part of training New Zealand doctors. Please get in touch if you would like further information,
Sincerely,
Jash Agraval
National Coordinator
MSGA
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