List of IFMSA member organisations
List of IFMSA member organisations. International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) as an umbrella organization embraces 132 national and local organisations in 124 countries on six continents. Of these 127 organisations only 90 have full membership status while 29 are candidates for full membership and 8 are associated with IFMSA (2016).
Some countries such as Spain have two member organisations in IFMSA since Catalonia has a locale organisation, AECS, whereas the rest of Spain is organised under IFMSA-Spain. Other counties such as Brazil have two national organisations that are both members of IFMSA.
There are 25 organisations in Africa, 28 in Asia, 45 in Europe, 13 in North America, 3 in Oceania and 13 in South America (2016).[1]
Member organisations in IFMSA (Number of members includes both medical and other students):[1]
| Country | Continent | Organisation | Membership Status | Number of members | Name of President | Webpage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Africa | Le Souk | Full | 1200 | Mehdi Benhenia | www.LeSouk.org |
| Argentina | South America | IFMSA-Argentina | Full | 100 | Candela Benavides | www.IFMSA-Argentina.com.ar |
| Antigua-Barbuda | North America | AFMS-Antigua Barbuda | Candidate | |||
| Armenia | Europe | AMSP | Full | 40 | Khachatur Margaryan | www.AMSP.am |
| Australia | Oceania | AMSA | Full | Unknown | Freya Langham | www.AMSA.org.au |
| Austria | Europe | AMSA | Full | 240 | Magdalena Kirnbauer | www.AMSA.at |
| Azerbaijan | Asia | AzerMDS | Full | 650 | Valeh Rustamov | www.AzerMDS.org |
| Bangladesh | Asia | BMSS | Full | 3500 | Muhtamim Chowdhury | www.BMSSbd.org |
| Belgium | Europe | BeMSA | Full | 15000 | Alexander Huybrechts | www.BelgianMSA.be |
| Benin | Africa | AEMB | Candidate | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Bolivia | South America | IFMSA Bolivia | Full | 500 | Fabiola Ruth Castedo Camacho | IFMSABolivia.com |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | BoHeMSA | Full | 2000 | Amila Hadzimuratovic | bohemsa.org |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina – Republika Srpska | Europe | SaMSIC | Associate | 400 | Nemanja Jankovic | www.SaMSIC.info |
| Brazil | South America | DENEM | Full | 80.000 | Marcela Vieira Freire / Filipe Emanuel Fonseca Menezes | www.DENEM.org.br |
| Brazil | South America | IFMSA Brazil | Associate | 16770 | Luis Felipe Machado Lauletta | www.IFMSAbrazil.org |
| Bulgaria | Europe | AMSB | Full | 900 | Viktoria Stoianova | www.AMSB.org |
| Burkina Faso | Africa | AEM | Full | 150 | Patrick Djabou | www.AEMburkina.we.bs |
| Burundi | Africa | ABEM | Full | 427 | Axel Intungane | www.ABEM.Wordpress.com |
| Canada | North America | CFMS | Full | Unknown | Paxton Bach | www.CFMS.org |
| Canada – Québec | North America | IFMSA-Quebec | Associate | Unknown | David Galiano | www.IFMSA.qc.ca |
| Chile | South America | IFMSA-Chile | Full | 1000 | María Ignacia Álvarez | www.IFMSA.cl |
| China | Asia | IFMSA-China | Full | 850 | Zhixing Li | Unknown |
| China - Hong Kong | Asia | AMSAHK | Associate | Unknown | Brian Lai | |
| Colombia | South America | ASCEMCOL | Full | 700 | Luis Gabriel Parra Lara | www.ASCEMCOL.com.co |
| Congo | Africa | MSA-DRC | Candidate | Ndikumama Sudi | ||
| Costa Rica | North America | ACEM | Full | 104 | Stephanie Aguilar | Non-existing |
| Croatia | Europe | CroMSIC | Full | 680 | Ivana Stojanovic | www.CroMSIC.hr |
| Cyprus | Europe | CyMSA | Candidate | Unknown | Themistoklis Liassides | |
| Czech Republic | Europe | IFMSA CZ | Full | 745 | Jakub Turek | www.IFMSA.cz |
| Denmark | Europe | IMCC | Full | 1050 | Benjamin Skov Kaas-Hansen | www.IMCC.dk |
| Dominican Republic | North America | ODEM | Full | Unknown | ||
| Ecuador | South America | AEMPPI-Ecuador | Full | 800 | María Antonieta Flores | www.aemppi.org |
| Egypt | Africa | IFMSA-Egypt | Full | 2500 | Sherif Abolfotouh | www.IFMSA-Egypt.org |
| El Salvador | North America | IFMSA El Salvador | Full | 1000 | Carlos Josue Sermeo Camacho | www.IFMSAelSalvador.org |
| Estonia | Europe | EstMSA | Full | 337 | Aurora Joala Ursula | www.EAYS.ee |
| Ethiopia | Africa | EMSA | Full | 5000 | Ermias Abebaw | www.EMSAethiopia.org |
| Fiji | Oceania | FJMSA | Candidate | |||
| Finland | Europe | FiMSIC | Full | 3884 | Tiia Monttinen | www.FiMSIC.org |
| France | Europe | ANEMF | Full | 85.000 | Mathieu Levaillant | www.ANEMF.org |
| Gambia | Africa | UniGaMSA | Candidate | |||
| Georgia | Europe | GMSA | Candidate | Unknown | Ilia Nadareishvili | |
| Germany | Europe | BVMD | Full | 85.000 | Sukhdeep Singh Arora | www.BVMD.de |
| Ghana | Africa | FGMSA | Full | Unknown | Joel Djangmah Akwetey | www.fgmsa-ghana.org |
| Greece | Europe | HelMSIC | Full | Unknown | Dimitra Karantoula | www.HelMSIC.gr |
| Grenada | North America | IFMSA-Grenada | Full | Unknown | Belal Noureddine | www.IFMSA.gd |
| Guatemala | North America | ASOCEM | Candidate | Carlos Enrique Luna | ||
| Guinea | Africa | AEM | Candidate | Unknown | ||
| Guyana | South America | GuMSA | Candidate | |||
| Haiti | North America | AHEM | Full | 50 | Anne-Christine Buteau | www.AHEM.org |
| Honduras | North America | ASEM | Candidate | Unknown | ||
| Hungary | Europe | HuMSIRC | Full | 1200 | Gabor Toth | www.HuMSIRC.hu |
| Iceland | Europe | IMSIC | Full | Unknown | Sigridur Sunna Gunnarsdottir | www.imsic.com |
| India | Asia | MSAI | Full | 5500 | Naren Nallapeta | www.MSA-India.org |
| Indonesia | Asia | CIMSA-ISMKI | Full | 6000 | Nisrina Widari, Yoga Mirza Pratama | www.cimsa.or.id www.ismki.org |
| Iran | Asia | IFMSA-Iran | Full | 100 | Pouria Roozrokh | www.IFMSA-Iran.ir |
| Iraq | Asia | IFMSA-Iraq | Full | 2000 | Ahmed Aqeel Shakir | www.ifmsa-iraq.org/ |
| Iraq – Kurdistan | Asia | IFMSA-Kurdistan | Associate | 400 | Danar Mohammed khalil | www.ifmsakurdistan.org |
| Ireland | Europe | AMSI-Ireland | Candidate | 7000 | Kevin McMahon | www.amsiofficial.com |
| Israel | Asia | FIMS | Full | Unknown | Anton Warshavski | Unknown |
| Italy | Europe | SISM | Full | 5000 | Marco Bonsano | www.SISM.org |
| Jamaica | North America | JAMSA | Full | 1600 | Hubert Anton Small | www.IFMSAjamsa.org |
| Japan | Asia | IFMSA-Japan | Full | 1000 | Eriko Saito | www.IFMSA.jp |
| Jordan | Asia | IFMSA-Jo | Full | 1000 | Mohammad Hamidi | www.IFMSA-Jo.org |
| Kazakhstan | Asia | KazMSA | Full | |||
| Kenya | Africa | MSAKE | Full | 2600 | Kalekye Ndeto | Unknown |
| Korea | Asia | KMSA | Candidate | Unknown | Gi Hoon Nam | www.AllMed.Cyworld.com |
| Kosovo* [2] (Serbia)[3] | Europe | EMSA-Prishtina | Candidate | |||
| Kuwait | Asia | KuMSA | Full | Unknown | Mohammed Al-Saied | Unknown |
| Latvia | Europe | LaMSA | Full | 600 | Krista Svilāne | www.LaMSA.lv |
| Lebanon | Asia | LeMSIC | Full | 300 | Wajiha Jurdi Kheir | www.LeMSIC.org |
| Lesotho | Africa | LMSA | Candidate | |||
| Libya | Africa | LMSA | Full | 1356 | Moftah Saleh A.M Barka | www.LMSA.com.ly |
| Lithuania | Europe | LiMSA | Full | 595 | Rytis Kalinauskas | www.LiMSA.lt |
| Luxembourg | Europe | ALEM | Full | 50 | Jorge Rodrigues Batista | www.ALEM.lu |
| Macedonia | Europe | MMSA-Macedonia | Full | 2100 | Simon Lokoski | www.MMSA.org.mk |
| Malawi | Africa | UMMSA-Malawi | Candidate | |||
| Mali | Africa | APS | Candidate | Unknown | Mamadou Balam | Unknown |
| Malta | Europe | MMSA | Full | 529 | Daniel Vella Fondacaro | www.MMSA.org.mt |
| Mexico | North America | IFMSA-Mexico | Full | 1000 | José Alberto Calderón Córdova | www.ifmsamexico.org |
| Moldova | Europe | ASRM | Candidate | |||
| Mongolia | Asia | MMLA | Candidate | 800 | Tsolmon Mendsaikhan | Unknown |
| Montenegro | Europe | MoMSIC Montenegro | Full | 70 | Suad Sabanovic | www.MoMSIC.com |
| Morocco | Africa | IFMSA-Morocco | Full | 435 | Salim Chejai | [1] |
| Namibia | Africa | MESENA | Candidate | Unknown | ||
| Nepal | Asia | NMSS | Full | 800 | Punya Hari Dahal | www.NMSS.org.np |
| Netherlands | Europe | IFMSA-Netherlands | Full | 600 | Ashley Wills | www.IFMSA.nl |
| New Zealand | Oceania | NZMSA | Full | 2000 | Michael Chen-Xu | www.NZMSA.org.nz |
| Nicaragua | North America | IFMSA-Nicaragua | Candidate | |||
| Nigeria | Europe | NiMSA | Full | Unknown | Eliojieisaiah Omobude | www.NiMSAonline.com |
| Norway | Europe | NMSA | Full | Unknown | Johanne Helene Iversen | www.Medisinstudent.no |
| Oman | Asia | SQU-MSG | Full | 100 | Almotasim Almaamari | Unknown |
| Pakistan | Asia | IFMSA-Pakistan | Full | 1800 | Arslan Inayat | [2] |
| Palestine | Asia | IFMSA-Palestine | Full | 1100 | Haytham Sughayer | [3] |
| Panama | North America | IFMSA- Panama | Full | 500 | Geamfran Espino | www.IFMSApanama.org |
| Paraguay | South America | IFMSA-Paraguay | Candidate | Unknown | Luis Gatti | [4] |
| Peru | South America | APEMH | Associate | 1000 | Angely Rondón Rodríguez | www.APEMH.com |
| Peru | South America | IFMSA Peru | Full | 500 | Johann Adrian Alfaro Sotomayor | www.IFMSA-peru.org |
| Philippines | Asia | AMSA-Philippines | Full | 300 | Ryan Joseph Magtibay | www.AMSAphil |
| Poland | Europe | IFMSA-Poland | Full | 1815 | Natasza Blek | www.IFMSA.pl |
| Portugal | Europe | PorMSIC | Full | Unknown | Francisco Mourão | www.ANEM.pt |
| Romania | Europe | FASMR | Full | 12000 | Ionut Marcel Cobec | www.FASMR.ro |
| Russia | Asia | HCCM | Full | 30 | Mikhail Meshkov | |
| Russia - Tatarstan | Asia | TaMSA-Tatarstan | Associate | Unknown | Bulat Ziganshin | www.TaMSA-Tatarstan.com |
| Rwanda | Africa | MEDSAR | Full | 468 | Antoine Habiyambere | www.MEDSAR.net |
| Serbia | Europe | IFMSA-Serbia | Full | 750 | Savvas Radevic | www.IFMSA-Serbia.org |
| Sierra Leone | Africa | SLEMSA | Candidate | 200 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Singapore | Asia | AMSA-Singapore | Candidate | |||
| Slovakia | Europe | SloMSA | Full | 2150 | Andrej Skvašík | www.SloMSA.sk |
| Slovenia | Europe | SloMSIC | Full | 100 | Luka Kovac | www.SloMSIC.org |
| South Africa | Africa | SAMSA | Full | 800 | Mathabo Hlahane | www.SAMSA.ukzn.ac.za |
| Spain | Europe | IFMSA-Spain | Full | 2500 | Emma Pereira Arias | www.IFMSA-Spain.org |
| Spain - Catalonia | Europe | AECS | Associate | |||
| Sudan | Africa | MedSIN-Sudan | Full | 5000 | Jihad Abdelgadir Imam | www.MedSIN.sd |
| Syria | Asia | SMSA | Candidate | |||
| Sweden | Europe | IFMSA-Sweden | Full | 5000 | Emma Levin | www.IFMSA.se |
| Switzerland | Europe | swimsa | Full | 7000 | Federico Mazzola | www.swimsa.ch |
| Taiwan | Asia | FMS-Taiwan | Full | Unknown | Isaac Chu | http://fmstw.org |
| Tanzania | Africa | TAMSA | Candidate | Unknown | Mukiza Mwebembezi Ngemera | [5] |
| Thailand | Asia | IFMSA-Thailand | Full | 1200 | Kittipos Wongnisanatakul | www.FMStw.org |
| Togo | Africa | AEMP | Candidate | |||
| Tunisia | Africa | Associa-Med | Full | 2000 | Abdessalem Ghedira | www.Associa-Med.org |
| Turkey | Europe | TurkMSIC | Full | 15000 | Eren Halaç | www.TurkMSIC.net |
| Uganda | Africa | FUMSA | Full | Unknown | Ojara Moris | Unknown |
| Ukraine | Europe | UMSA | Full | Unknown | Unknown | |
| United Arab Emirates | Asia | EMSS | Full | Unknown | Mohamad Sami Moghamis | www.EMSSA.ae |
| United Kingdom | Europe | Medsin-UK | Full | 4000 | Cam Stocks | www.Medsin.org |
| United States | North America | AMSA-USA | Full | 32000 | Britani Kessler / Kimberly Forney (AMSA-IFMSA SecGen) | www.AMSA.org/IFMSA |
| Uruguay | South America | IFMSA-Uruguay | Candidate | Unknown | Manuel Mendive | www.ifmsa-uruguay.org |
| Uzbikestan | Asia | AMSA-Uzbikestan | Candidate | |||
| Venezuela | South America | FEVESOCEM | Full | 1500 | Julio Cesar Pinero D'Aubeterre | www.FEVESOCEM.org |
| Zambia | Africa | ZAMSA | Candidate | unknown | Dalal Naeem Mohammed Iqubal | |
| Zimbabwe | Africa | ZiMSA | Full |
References
- ^ a b "IFMSA National Member Organisations List". International Federation of Medical Students' Associations. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
- ^ According to the Constitution and Bylaws of IFMSA, paragraph 2.3: For official external communication the state name used by IFMSA is the one used by the United Nations.