Antonio Romero Rubio
Antonio Romero Rubio is a medical student and the Vice President of External Affairs at the Asociación Mexicana de Médicos en Formación (AMMEF Mexico), the Mexican chapter of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations. He is based in Mexico City.
In honour of International Youth Day, he shared some thoughts on the work he's doing to #beatNCDs.
Q. How are you working to #beatNCDs?
A. As an AMMEF Mexico member, I have done a lot of things to #beatNCDs. First, I have helped other medical students to understand their importance of and learn more about NCDs by organizing conferences, symposiums and other academic activities in order to build capacity in the future health workforce. Second, I have attended and organised some events with the community to both raise awareness of the importance of healthy lifestyles for preventing NCDs and teach strategies for those who have NCDs to prevent further complications. Finally, I have attended many events representing my organisation to raise the voice of medical students on this subject, and to show the decision makers that we can participate in all aspects of the health system, especially to #beatNCDs.