FAIMER is pleased to announce the selection of 14 winners of its 2017 Student Projects for Health competition. The Student Projects for Health competition—supported by GEMx and FAIMER—will be a feature of the 2017 conference of The Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH). The 2017 conference, which will feature the World Summit on Social Accountability, will be held April 8-12, 2017, in Hammamet, Tunisia. Winners will be invited to attend the conference and present posters about their projects. The award includes travel, accommodation, and conference registration fee.
Now in its third year, the Student Projects for Health competition recognizes students who have made outstanding contributions to projects that successfully promote community health and well-being, and was open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in any course of study who have been participating in such projects.
The winners of the 2017 Student Projects for Health competition are:
Mohammedalameen Abuganaya (Sudan)
The Role of Gezira Medical Students in Improving the Health Environment in Wad-Hussain Village in 2012-2015
Muhammed Almubarak (Sudan)
Combat Endemic Diseases in Al-Gusairah Village
Nishwa Azeem (Pakistan)
Rural Health Empowerment (RHE)
Vidhi Dave (India)
Women in Need Get Support (WINGS)
Mayara Floss (Brazil)
Health Education League
Mark Fusunyan (United States)
A Youth Program for Local Refugee Teens
Myron Godinho (India)
Medical Model United Nations (MedMUN)
Julian Hirschbaum (United States)
MGY, Community Health Worker Training Organization
Jules Iradukunda (Rwanda)
Family Planning Awareness and Education Program
Alphonse Mbarushimana (Rwanda)
Car-free Day Initiative
Eric Nizeyimana (Rwanda)
Smile Oh My Child
Wasukira Bugosera Sulaiman (Uganda)
Promoting Balanced Diet Feeding among Children below the Age of Five Years in Kyenshaki Village
Muzungu Hirwa Sylvain (Rwanda)
E-Health for Refugees
Leonard Tan (Philippines)
OPLAN Tacayan Ang Pagtapna sang Filaria: A Community-Based Public Health Intervention against Bancroftian Filariasis for the Panay Bukidnon Indigenous People of Brgy. Tacayan, Tapaz, Capiz, Philippines
