// Afraa Asfaque · GMU portfolio domain 09
Community engagement that responds to public health needs through prevention, awareness, and accessible education.
// Year-wise record
5 entries from the ePortfolio
Afraa Asfaque participated in Gulf Medical University's College of Dentistry event for World Oral Health Day on 20 March 2024. The event placed oral health within a wider prevention and public-education context, helping connect dental well-being with overall health. Her involvement reflects social accountability through interprofessional participation and the communication of health information in a format designed for a broad university and community audience.
For the Gulf Medical University College of Medicine's World Cancer Day event on 28 February 2024, Afraa Asfaque took part in a community awareness activity focused on cancer. The observance supported prevention-oriented education and created space for students to engage with a major global health burden outside the classroom. Participation added to Afraa's record of using public events to make health information more visible and approachable.
Afraa Asfaque volunteered at Pinktober 2023, an interprofessional breast cancer awareness program held at Gulf Medical University in Ajman on 24 October 2023. The community-engagement event used educational displays, pink ribbons, and approachable take-away materials to share breast cancer information. Her contribution supported prevention and awareness while showing how medical students can work with other health disciplines to communicate a sensitive topic clearly and respectfully.
On 20 October 2023, Afraa Asfaque participated in an organ-donation awareness event organised by Gulf Medical University's College of Medicine. The activity addressed a public-health topic that depends on informed community understanding and careful communication. By taking part, Afraa contributed to a student-led effort to make organ donation more visible and supported the socially accountable role of future doctors in discussing health choices beyond direct clinical care.
Afraa Asfaque participated in a public-facing Oral Wellness and Dental Hygiene Open Day on 19 October 2023. The event promoted practical oral-health knowledge and brought preventive education to visitors in an accessible setting. Working across the medical and dental learning environment at Gulf Medical University broadened Afraa's community-health perspective and reinforced the value of early education in reducing avoidable oral disease.
