Invitation: Internship Opportunity at the Emergency Risk Management and Humanitarian Response Department, WHO Geneva

The Department of Emergency Risk Management and Humanitarian Response (ERM) has advised IFMSA of the opportunity for an internship experience in the Geneva headquarters of the World Health Organization. Good health status before, during, and after emergencies and disasters is critical for the resilience of people and communities. In order to ensure health risks are minimized, concerted efforts must occur across all sectors - to reduce loss of life, injuries, disease and disabilities, and to promote better health outcomes for those at risk. An effective and comprehensive emergency risk management approach is needed to equip communities and countries with the tools necessary to protect and promote health. The WHO ERM Department works with WHO Regional and Country Offices and health sector partners to support the development of country capacities for better management of health risks due to emergencies. The ERM Department also leads the Global Health Cluster and works with WHO partner Regional and Country Offices and health partners in coordinating international humanitarian response. It also serves as the focal point for WHO interaction with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). The internship will be available starting Monday, June 3rd 2013 for a usual duration of 3 months. The intern will perform a range of duties and responsibilities, including: 1. Continue the previous work of (IFMSA) Intern(s) in the ERM Department 2. Assist with the development and dissemination of outputs from the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and the meetings of the thematic platform on Emergency and Disaster Risk Management for Health 3. Gather and analyse evidence for the development of guidance on emergency risk management for health 4. Gather and analyse evidence for the development of papers in the field of Emergency Risk Management (i.e. the post-2015 development agenda and the post-2015 dialogues on the Hyogo Framework) 5. Contribute to the preparations and analyses of surveys in the field of Emergency Risk Management

6. Assist in on-going website maintenance and improvement (for example, updating the safe hospitals website, or developing the thematic platform portal) 7. Provide handover to succeeding interns of the department. 8. Submit a written report at the end of the assignment. 9. Be available for questions and follow-up in the months after the assignment The ERM Department kindly requests interested IFMSA members to apply via the WHO e-Recruitment System (http://www.who.int/employment/apply/en/). The deadline of application is on Tuesday, April 30th 2013. Please check all the requirements, eligibility criteria, conditions, and procedure at http://www.who.int/employment/internship/interns/en/index.html. The ERM Department also reminds applicants to explicitly indicate in the cover letter and/or online personal history (in the e-recruitment system) that they are particularly interested in working with the ERM Department and that you are a member of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations. Finally, please fill out the attached IFMSA WHO Internship Application Form and submit along with the above-mentioned pdfs to lwho@ifmsa.org. Please put Application to IFMSA WHO ERM Internship as the subject of the e-mail. This step is important so that IFMSA can track and document your application. Please be reminded that WHO internships are un-paid positions and unfortunately, neither IFMSA nor WHO provides financial assistance to selected applicants. For further inquiries that are unanswered by the WHO e-Recruitment system webpage, do not hesitate to contact lwho@ifmsa.org. I look forward to receiving your applications! Good luck! Sincerely,

Ramon Lorenzo Luis R. Guinto, MD Liaison Officer to the World Health Organization International Federation of Medical Students Associations