The Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH)

The Standing Committee on Public Health promotes the development of medical students worldwide regarding Public Health issues through an international sharing knowledge network, projects management, community-based learning, capacity building, advocacy, exchanges placements and access to external learning opportunities.

Past ProJects: European Immunisation Week

(Apr. 24 - 30, 2017)

World Immunization Week is celebrated across the European Region and the world every April to raise awareness of the critical importance of full immunization throughout life for people’s health and well-being.

Did you know that immunization currently averts an estimated 2 to 3 million deaths every year? And that additional 1.5 deaths could be avoided, however, if global vaccination coverage improves? 

Antimicrobial Resistance Week (Nov. 14 - 20, 2016)

A week that we ran nationwide aimed at raising awareness of the causes and consequences of rising antimicrobial resistance, as well as strategies for preventing the rise of AMR. 
A prime example of tackling current issues in healthcare, this week got a fantastic response from the medical student body!