(Unila): The students of the Center for Indonesian Medical Students’ Activities (CIMSA) of the Medical Faculty, the University of Lampung (Unila) have successfully completed two activities at the Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) forum in Bangkok.
APRM is organized by the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA), the largest medical student organization in the world. CIMSA refers to an Indonesian medical student organization based on independent, nationalist, inclusive, non-political, and non-partisan activities.
It is aimed to empower Indonesian medical students in improving health standards in Indonesia. CIMSA at Unila includes the standing committees (SCOs) of human rights and peace (SCORP) and that of public health (SCOPH).
The former works on human rights and peace, and the latter deals with public health issues starting from infectious diseases, non-infectious diseases, and mental health. SCOPH is especially intended to raise public knowledge, awareness, and behavior regarding waste management and processing.
This is in line with environmental issues that occur in Lampung province. Lampung has been included as the 13th largest waste producer in Indonesia, and Bandar Lampung city with the largest waste contributor reaches approximately 300,000 tons of waste.
The Hasbi Rabbi Orphanage was selected as the pilot project of the SCOPH activities so that children have awareness of waste management from early ages which in turn will lead to better environment and public health.
In addition, the SCOPH includes activities, such as waste management and processing in collaboration with Lampung Sweeping Community and the Golden Waste Bank.
It also launches a program of enhancing awareness concerning the possibility of tuberculosis occurrences and its preventions (EAGLE), the purpose of which is to raise public knowledge and awareness of the infectious disease, Tuberculosis (TB), the dangers of smoking to health, the relationship between cigarettes and infectious diseases TB, preventive efforts against TB, and vaccines for tuberculosis.
The activities are expected to have a positive impact on the environment and public health, and to prevent communities from being infected with contagious diseases. [PR Team]
