List of IFMSA member organisations
List of IFMSA member organisations. International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) as an umbrella organisation embraces 133 national and local organisations in 123 countries and/or areas on 5 regions. Of these 133 organisations only 107 have full membership status while 19 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 21 organisations in Africa, 18 in Asia-Pacific, 16 in the Eastern-Mediterranean Region (EMR), 48 in Europe and 30 in the Americas (2018).[1]
Member organisations in IFMSA (Number of members includes both medical and other students)[2]:
List of IFMSA member organisations
Country | Region | Organisation | Membership Status | Number of members | Name of President | Webpage |
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Algeria | EMR | Le Souk | Full | 1200 | invalid | 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 | Basiel Weyers | 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 | Yolin Doncheva | www.amsbulgaria.net |
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 | Henry Annan | www.CFMS.org | |
Canada – Québec | Americas | IFMSA-Quebec | Associate | Yousra-Imane Benaskeur | 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 | Leonel Santiago Vega Useche | 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 | Full | Margarita Gritzela | ||
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 |
Dominica | Americas | IFMSA-Dominica | ||||
Dominican Republic | Americas | ODEM | Full | |||
Ecuador | Americas | AEMPPI-Ecuador | Full | 800 | MarĂa 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 |
Georgia | Europe | GMSA | Candidate | Ilia Nadareishvili | ||
Germany | Europe | BVMD | Full | 85.000 | Ayman Mohssen | www.BVMD.de |
Ghana | Africa | FGMSA | Full | Kennedy Ngaaso | 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 | Full | 25,000 | Nipun Nagpal | www.msaindia.org |
Indonesia | Asia-Pacific | CIMSA | Full | 7000 | Thesya Ananta Putri | www.cimsa.or.id |
Iran | EMR | IFMSA-Iran | Suspended | |||
Iraq | EMR | IFMSA-Iraq | Full | 2000 | Hayder Noori | 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 | Alexander Powell | www.IFMSAjamsa.com |
Japan | Asia-Pacific | IFMSA-Japan | Full | 1000 | Shunsuke Kasai | www.IFMSA.jp |
Jordan | EMR | IFMSA-Jo | Full | 1000 | Salameh Al Habashneh | 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* [3] (Serbia)[4] | Europe | KOMS | Full | |||
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 | Adomas DanileviÄŤius | 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 | 1100 | Saad CHAIBI | |
Namibia | Africa | MESENA | Candidate | |||
Nepal | Asia-Pacific | NMSS | Full | 800 | Punya Hari Dahal | www.NMSS.org.np |
Netherlands | Europe | IFMSA-Netherlands | Full | 600 | Valerie Tuin | www.IFMSA.nl |
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 | |
Panama | Americas | IFMSA- Panama | Full | 500 | Geamfran Espino | www.IFMSApanama.org |
Paraguay | Americas | IFMSA-Paraguay | Full | Luis Gatti | ||
Peru | Americas | APEMH | Associate | 1000 | Angely RondĂłn RodrĂguez | 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 | Joanna Olszewska | www.IFMSA.pl |
Portugal | Europe | ANEM-Portugal (former PorMSIC) | Full | Vasco Mendes | www.ANEM.pt | |
Qatar | EMR | QMSA | Candidate | |||
Romania | Europe | FASMR | Full | 12000 | Ionut Marcel Cobec | www.FASMR.ro |
Russia | Europe | HCCM | Full | 1500 | Mikhail Meshkov | |
Russia - Tatarstan | Europe | TaMSA-Tatarstan | Associate | Bulat Ziganshin | www.TaMSA-Tatarstan.com | |
Rwanda | Africa | MEDSAR | Full | 468 | Mfitimukiza Rukundo Jerome[5] | http://www.medsarwanda.org// |
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 | SiMSA-Singapore | Full | |||
Slovakia | Europe | SloMSA | Full | 2150 | Andrej SkvašĂk | 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 | 1600 | Maria Julin | 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 | ||
Thailand | Asia-Pacific | IFMSA-Thailand | Full | 1200 | Supathida Jiamsawad | ifmsa-th.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 | 1200 | Anastasiia Petrenko | http://www.ukrmsa.com |
United Arab Emirates | EMR | EMSS | Suspended | |||
United Kingdom | Europe | Students for Global Health | Full | 4000 | Alice Blewitt | https://studentsforglobalhealth.org/ |
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 | Abdullah M. Bahaisami | ||
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 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.
- "Our leadership – MEDSAR". Retrieved 22 June 2019.