Vector Volume 11 Issue 1 - 2017

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Advisory Board The Advisory Board, established in 2017, consists of academic mentors who provide guidance for the present and future direction of Vector. Dr Claudia Turner Consultant paediatrician and clinician scientist with the University of Oxford & Chief Executive Officer of Angkor Hospital for Children. Professor David Hilmers Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, the Center for Global Initiatives, and the Center for Space Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine Associate Professor Nicodemus Tedla Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales School of Medical Sciences Dr Nick Walsh Medical Doctor (RACP) & Regional Advisor for Viral Hepatitis at the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas 2017 Vector Committee Editor-in-chief Carrie Lee carrie.lee@amsa.org.au Associate Editors Kryollos Hanna Sophie Lim Koshy Matthew Nic Mattock Aidan Tan Ash Wilson-Smith Sophie Worsfold Danica Xie Publication Designer Lucy Yang Design and layout © 2017, Vector Australian Medical Students’ Association Ltd, 42 Macquarie Street, Barton ACT 2600 vector@globalhealth.amsa.org.au vector.amsa.org.au Content © 2017, The Authors Cover designs by Lucy Yang (University of New South Wales) Vector Journal is the official student-run journal of AMSA Global Health. Responsibility for article content rests with the respective authors. Any views contained within articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Vector Journal or the Australian Medical Students’ Association. i
Contents Editor’s Note: The Sky’s No Limit 1 Commentary Rise of Trump/Fall of Health 2 Owen Burton Anti-vaccination: Separating Fact from Fiction 5 Elissa Zhang Climate Change and Vector-Borne Disease in Kiribati 8 Erica Longhurst Features Humanity Lost? 11 Patrick Walker Redefining Women’s Health: A Noncommunicable Diseases Perspective 14 Charlotte O’Leary Healthcare in Conflict Zones 18 Michael Wu Surgery: Luxury or Necessity? 22 Maryam Ali Khan (Pakistan), Zineb Bentounsi (Morocco), Nayan Bhindi (Australia), Helena Franco (Australia), Tebian Hassanein Ahmed Ali (Sudan), Katayoun Seyedmadani (Grenada/USA), Ruby Vassar (Grenada), Dominique Vervoort (Belgium) Beyond the Horizon and Back Again: Interview with Professor David Hilmers 26 Ashley Wilson-Smith Reviews PrEP-related health promotion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Gay and Bisexual Men 29 Alec Hope Mental Illness Following Disasters in Low Income Countries 32 Rose Brazilek Factors that Contribute to the Reduced Rates of Cervical Cancer Screening in Australian Migrant Women - a Literature Review 36 Archana Nagendiram Medical Electives in Resource-poor Settings: Are We Doing More Harm Than Good? 40 Gabrielle Georgiou Conference reports IFMSA - 5 letters with one big mission! Australian Medical Students attend the IFMSA 66th General Assembly in Montenegro 44 Aysha Abu-sharifa, Stormie de Groot, Julie Graham, Justine Thomson Changing Climate, Changing Perspectives: iDEA Conference Report 47 Isobelle Woodruff ii
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