Are you currently studying medicine or another health-related discipline? Interested in meeting other students here and around the world who are interested in reducing the impact of conflict on human health? Want to advocate for a more peaceful, healthy planet?

If so, why not become a student member of MAPW!

MAPW has student members at universities across the country.  We organise campaigns and peer education events to raise awareness about the impact of conflict on health and the role students and health professionals can play to advocate for peace.

There are many opportunities for you to get involved, wherever you are! You can help MAPW by volunteering in our main office in Melbourne, helping us to organise events and speakers on your campus or helping out with projects run by your friendly MAPW State Branch.

Some of our main projects include

• The 2008 AMSA Global Health Conference - Engaging medical students from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region on key global health issues
• Aiming For Prevention and the International Student Coalition Against Small Arms - IPPNWi's campaign against small arms violence
• Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project
• Target X - Highlighting the risks of the remaining world stockpile of nuclear weapons through street performance and dialogue

Interested?  Why not email MAPW's National Student Representatives Sarah Gardiner (Flinders University, Adelaide) and Angela Wilson (University of Melbourne) to find out more at students [at] mapw [dot] org [dot] au.