List of IFMSA member organisations
List of IFMSA member organisations. International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) as an umbrella organisation embraces 135 national and local organisations in 125 countries and/or areas on 5 regions. Of these 135 organisations only 106 have full membership status while 12 are candidates for full membership and 7 are associated with IFMSA (2018)[1].
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.
All organisations are divided into 5 regions. There are 22 organisations in Africa, 18 in Asia-Pacific, 17 in the Eastern-Mediterranean Region (EMR), 48 in Europe and 30 in the Americas (2018).[2]
Member organisations in IFMSA (Number of members includes both medical and other students)[3]:
| Country | Region | Organisation | Membership Status | Number of members | Name of President | Webpage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | EMR | Le Souk | Full | 1200 | Mehdi Benhenia | www.LeSouk.org |
| Argentina | Americas | IFMSA-Argentina | Full | 100 | Candela Benavides | www.IFMSA-Argentina.com.ar |
| Armenia | Europe | AMSP | Full | 40 | Khachatur Margaryan | www.AMSP.am |
| Australia | Asia-Pacific | AMSA | Full | Freya Langham | www.AMSA.org.au | |
| Austria | Europe | AMSA | Full | 240 | Magdalena Kirnbauer | www.AMSA.at |
| Azerbaijan | Europe | AzerMDS | Full | 650 | Valeh Rustamov | www.AzerMDS.org |
| Bangladesh | Asia-Pacific | BMSS | Full | 3500 | Muhtamim Chowdhury | www.BMSSbd.org |
| Belgium | Europe | BeMSA | Full | 15000 | Yasnaïa Bruneel | www.BeMSA.be |
| Bolivia | Americas | 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.org |
| Brazil | Americas | DENEM | Full | 80000 | Marcela Vieira Freire / Filipe Emanuel Fonseca Menezes | www.DENEM.org.br |
| Brazil | Americas | 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 |
| Cameroon | Africa | CAMSA | Candidate | |||
| Canada | Americas | CFMS | Full | Paxton Bach | www.CFMS.org | |
| Canada – Québec | Americas | IFMSA-Quebec | Associate | David Galiano | www.IFMSA.qc.ca | |
| Chile | Americas | IFMSA-Chile | Full | 1000 | Paulina Vera Montecinos | www.IFMSA.cl |
| China | Asia-Pacific | IFMSA-China | Full | 850 | Zhixing Li | |
| China - Hong Kong | Asia-Pacific | AMSAHK | Associate | Brian Lai | ||
| Colombia | Americas | ASCEMCOL | Full | 700 | Luis Gabriel Parra Lara | www.ASCEMCOL.com.co |
| Costa Rica | Americas | ACEM | Full | 104 | José Alonso Cambronero | http://www.acemcr.com/ |
| Croatia | Europe | CroMSIC | Full | 680 | Ivana Stojanovic | www.CroMSIC.hr |
| Cyprus | Europe | CyMSA | Candidate | Themistoklis Liassides | ||
| Czech Republic | Europe | IFMSA CZ | Full | 745 | Jakub Turek | www.IFMSA.cz |
| Congo | Africa | MSA-DRC | Candidate | Ndikumama Sudi | ||
| Denmark | Europe | IMCC | Full | 1050 | Benjamin Skov Kaas-Hansen | www.IMCC.dk |
| Dominican Republic | Americas | ODEM | Full | |||
| Ecuador | Americas | AEMPPI-Ecuador | Full | 800 | María Antonieta Flores | www.aemppi.org |
| Egypt | EMR | IFMSA-Egypt | Full | 2500 | Sherif Abolfotouh | www.IFMSA-Egypt.org |
| El Salvador | Americas | 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 | Asia-Pacific | 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 | Full | |||
| Georgia | Europe | GMSA | Candidate | Ilia Nadareishvili | ||
| Germany | Europe | BVMD | Full | 85.000 | Ayman Mohssen | www.BVMD.de |
| Ghana | Africa | FGMSA | Full | Joel Djangmah Akwetey | www.fgmsa-ghana.org | |
| Greece | Europe | HelMSIC | Full | Vagelis Papageorgiou | www.HelMSIC.gr | |
| Grenada | Americas | IFMSA-Grenada | Full | Belal Noureddine | www.IFMSA.gd | |
| Guatemala | Americas | ASOCEM | Full | Carlos Enrique Luna | ||
| Guinea | Africa | AEM | Full | |||
| Guyana | Americas | GuMSA | Candidate | |||
| Haiti | Americas | AHEM | Full | 50 | Anne-Christine Buteau | www.AHEM.org |
| Honduras | Americas | IFMSA-Honduras | Full | |||
| Hungary | Europe | HuMSIRC | Full | 1200 | Gabor Toth | www.HuMSIRC.hu |
| Iceland | Europe | IMSIC | Full | Sigridur Sunna Gunnarsdottir | www.imsic.com | |
| India | Asia-Pacific | MSAI | Candidate | 5500 | Naren Nallapeta | www.MSA-India.org |
| Indonesia | Asia-Pacific | CIMSA-ISMKI | Full | 7000 | Audi Yudhasmara | www.cimsa.or.id |
| Iran | EMR | IFMSA-Iran | Suspended | |||
| Iraq | EMR | IFMSA-Iraq | Full | 2000 | Ahmed Aqeel Shakir | www.ifmsa-iraq.org/ |
| Iraq – Kurdistan | EMR | IFMSA-Kurdistan | Associate | 400 | Danar Mohammed khalil | www.ifmsakurdistan.org |
| Ireland | Europe | AMSI-Ireland | Candidate | 7000 | Kevin McMahon | www.amsiofficial.com |
| Israel | Europe | FIMS | Full | Anton Warshavski | ||
| Italy | Europe | SISM | Full | 10000 | Federica Viola | www.SISM.org |
| Jamaica | Americas | JAMSA | Full | 1600 | Romario White | www.IFMSAjamsa.org |
| Japan | Asia-Pacific | IFMSA-Japan | Full | 1000 | Eriko Saito | www.IFMSA.jp |
| Jordan | EMR | IFMSA-Jo | Full | 1000 | Mohammad Hamidi | www.IFMSA-Jo.org |
| Kazakhstan | Asia-Pacific | KazMSA | Full | |||
| Kenya | Africa | MSAKE | Full | 2600 | Kalekye Ndeto | |
| Korea | Asia-Pacific | KMSA | Full | Gi Hoon Nam | www.AllMed.Cyworld.com | |
| Kosovo* [4] (Serbia)[5] | Europe | EMSA-Prishtina | Candidate | |||
| Kuwait | EMR | KuMSA | Full | Mohammed Al-Saied | ||
| Latvia | Europe | LaMSA | Full | 170 | Patriks Aldersons | www.LaMSA.lv |
| Lebanon | EMR | LeMSIC | Full | 300 | Wajiha Jurdi Kheir | www.LeMSIC.org |
| Lesotho | Africa | LMSA | Candidate | |||
| Libya | EMR | 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 | Full | Mamadou Balam | ||
| Malta | Europe | MMSA | Full | 529 | Daniel Vella Fondacaro | www.MMSA.org.mt |
| Mexico | Americas | IFMSA-Mexico | Full | 1000 | José Alberto Calderón Córdova | www.ifmsamexico.org |
| Moldova | Europe | ASRM | Candidate | |||
| Mongolia | Asia-Pacific | MMLA | Candidate | 800 | Tsolmon Mendsaikhan | |
| Montenegro | Europe | MoMSIC Montenegro | Full | 70 | Suad Sabanovic | www.MoMSIC.com |
| Morocco | EMR | IFMSA-Morocco | Full | 435 | Saad CHAIBI | [1] |
| Namibia | Africa | MESENA | Candidate | |||
| Nepal | Asia-Pacific | NMSS | Full | 800 | Punya Hari Dahal | www.NMSS.org.np |
| Netherlands | Europe | IFMSA-Netherlands | Full | 600 | Suzanne Pees | www.IFMSA.nl |
| Nicaragua | Americas | IFMSA-Nicaragua | Candidate | |||
| Nigeria | Africa | NiMSA | Full | Eliojieisaiah Omobude | www.NiMSAonline.com | |
| Norway | Europe | NMSA | Full | Johanne Helene Iversen | www.Medisinstudent.no | |
| Oman | EMR | SQU-MSG | Full | 100 | Almotasim Almaamari | |
| Pakistan | Asia-Pacific | IFMSA-Pakistan | Full | 8000 | Hafsa Fayyaz | [2] |
| Palestine | EMR | IFMSA-Palestine | Full | 1100 | Haytham Sughayer | [3] |
| Panama | Americas | IFMSA- Panama | Full | 500 | Geamfran Espino | www.IFMSApanama.org |
| Paraguay | Americas | IFMSA-Paraguay | Full | Luis Gatti | [4] | |
| Peru | Americas | APEMH | Associate | 1000 | Angely Rondón Rodríguez | www.APEMH.com |
| Peru | Americas | IFMSA Peru | Full | 500 | Johann Adrian Alfaro Sotomayor | www.IFMSA-peru.org |
| Philippines | Asia-Pacific | AMSA-Philippines | Full | 300 | Ryan Joseph Magtibay | www.AMSAphil |
| Poland | Europe | IFMSA-Poland | Full | 1815 | Mateusz Zarzecki | www.IFMSA.pl |
| Portugal | Europe | PorMSIC | Full | Francisco Mourão | www.ANEM.pt | |
| Qatar | EMR | QMSA | Candidate | |||
| Romania | Europe | FASMR | Full | 12000 | Ionut Marcel Cobec | www.FASMR.ro |
| Russia | Europe | HCCM | Full | 30 | Mikhail Meshkov | |
| Russia - Tatarstan | Europe | TaMSA-Tatarstan | Associate | Bulat Ziganshin | www.TaMSA-Tatarstan.com | |
| Rwanda | Africa | MEDSAR | Full | 468 | Antoine Habiyambere | www.MEDSAR.net |
| Saint Lucia | Americas | IFMSA-Saint Lucia | Candidate | |||
| Senegal | Africa | FNESS | Candidate | |||
| Serbia | Europe | IFMSA-Serbia | Full | 750 | Savvas Radevic | www.IFMSA-Serbia.org |
| Sierra Leone | Africa | SLEMSA | Full | 200 | ||
| Singapore | Asia-Pacific | AMSA-Singapore | Full | |||
| 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 | Juana Maria Escámez Navarro / Nagore Rojo Ruiz (VPE) | www.IFMSA-Spain.org |
| Spain - Catalonia | Europe | AECS | Associate | 850 | Oriol Solé Borras | www.aecs.org |
| Sudan | Africa | MedSIN-Sudan | Full | 5000 | Jihad Abdelgadir Imam | www.MedSIN.sd |
| Sweden | Europe | IFMSA-Sweden | Full | 5000 | Emma Levin | www.IFMSA.se |
| Switzerland | Europe | swimsa | Full | 7000 | Federico Mazzola | www.swimsa.ch |
| Syrian Arab Republic | EMR | SMSA | Candidate | |||
| Taiwan | Asia-Pacific | FMS-Taiwan | Full | Isaac Chu | http://fmstw.org | |
| Tanzania | Africa | TAMSA | Full | Mukiza Mwebembezi Ngemera | [5] | |
| Thailand | Asia-Pacific | IFMSA-Thailand | Full | 1200 | Kittipos Wongnisanatakul | www.FMStw.org |
| Togo | Africa | AEMP | Candidate | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Americas | TTMSA | Candidate | |||
| Tunisia | EMR | Associa-Med | Full | 2000 | Abdessalem Ghedira | www.Associa-Med.org |
| Turkey | Europe | TurkMSIC | Full | 15000 | Eren Halaç | www.TurkMSIC.net |
| Turkey (Northern Cyprus) | Europe | MSANC | Candidate | |||
| Uganda | Africa | FUMSA | Full | Ojara Moris | ||
| Ukraine | Europe | UMSA | Full | |||
| United Arab Emirates | EMR | EMSS | Suspended | |||
| United Kingdom | Europe | Students for Global Health | Full | 4000 | Alice Blewitt | [6] |
| United States | Americas | AMSA-USA | Full | 32000 | Britani Kessler / Kimberly Forney (AMSA-IFMSA SecGen) | www.AMSA.org/IFMSA |
| Uruguay | Americas | IFMSA-Uruguay | Full | Manuel Mendive | www.ifmsa-uruguay.org | |
| Uzbikestan | Asia-Pacific | Phenomenon | Candidate | |||
| Venezuela | Americas | FEVESOCEM | Full | 1500 | Julio Cesar Pinero D'Aubeterre | www.FEVESOCEM.org |
| Yemen | EMR | NAMS | Candidate | |||
| Zambia | Africa | ZAMSA | Full | Dalal Naeem Mohammed Iqubal | ||
| Zimbabwe | Africa | ZiMSA | Full | 2500 | Phill Chigiya |
References
- ^ "IFMSA National Member Organizations". IFMSA Members. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "IFMSA National Member Organizations". IFMSA Members. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "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.