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Movement 76 is a protest movement of the young medical profession that occurred in Tunisia in 2018. These events follow the new medical studies reform scheme proposed by the Ministry of Health at the end of November 2017 that is known as "Nouveau Regime" (New Regime)

Context: Birth of the Movement
Following the movement and strike of February 2017 led by the Tunisian Organization of Young Doctors (OTJM) the draft of a statute organizing the work of young medical trainees (interns: Medical students with 5 years of study and residents: students who have completed 7 years of studies and succeed residency: specialization examination), discussed article by article, was validated by the former Minister of Health Dr. Samira Maraii and signed by the General Director of Health Dr. Nabiha Borsalli Falfoul. This project was to be sent to the Presidency of the Government urgently (according to the agreement signed the same month), to reach its destination in April 2017.

Nevertheless, this draft passed successively to the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Higher Education, the Administrative Court and the Presidency of the Republic, quickly returns back to the Ministry of Public Health because of formal remarks with no further explanation, without the organization (OTJM) being notified of this reluctance.

Another project of medical studies reform was assumed to be signed in secret. In other terms, it was developed by the Ministry of Public Health and the Deans of the 4 faculties of medicine ( Faculties of Medicine of Tunis, Sousse, Monastir and Sfax), without consulting or notifying the principal concerned: the Order of the doctors, the various professors and the young doctor's representatives. In order to express OTJM disapproval, a strike notice was sent to the Ministry in November 2017. After a first meeting with the new Minister of Health, Mr Imed Hammami, the strike was postponed, allowing time to discuss again the project of "re-reform" which was unveiled at this meeting. The Tunisian Organization of Young Doctors then decided to discuss it with the rest of young doctors, and from there the Movement 76 was born.

OTJM: the Tunisian Organization of Young Doctors
A non-governmental organization for medical students, interns and residents, as well as young specialists and general practitioners, OTJM took over from SIR: Union of Interns / Residents. The OTJM has a syndical nature since the young doctors were not included in the UGTT: General Union of Tunisian Workers, it was necessary to remedy this syndical desert.

Its president is Jed Henchiri who has previously distinguished himself in the UGTT. The general secretary is Aymen Bettaieb. Apart from the national office of the OTJM, the organization is made up of its various members, a member must be a young doctor or a medical student. Each taken decision follows a democratic path: a vote at a GA (General Assembly) by the present members.

FIBELIK: the prelude to movement 76

 * 1) Fibelek is an awareness campaign for medical students and young doctors concerning the existing flaws in the reform of the medical education system as well as the advancement of the application of the status of interns and residents, the specialization in family medicine: a new specialization introduced in Tunisia but not yet clear and not yet having a real supervision academy, the payment of individual contractors, the salary of foreign students, the civil service. Several hashtags have been dedicated to this compaign such as:


 * 1) سيب_الديبلوم: Free the Diploma
 * 2) وريني_الريفورم: Show me the new reform legislation
 * 3) خلص_الطبة: pay doctor's work # هات_الstatut: allow me a clear status
 * 4) يخدم_كيفي_يخلص_كيفي: Same wage for the same work (concerning foreign students who are underpaid)

In brief, the companion revolves around 4 principal claims:

1- The retention of the national diploma of doctor in Medicine, separated from the diploma of specialist in medicine

2- The creation of a statute (legislation) organizing the work of the interns and residents and preserving their rights (such as the security rest for a practitioner)

3- Recruiting contractors-workers as trainees within the PhDs students ( doctors still waiting for their Diploma or waiting to pass the residency examination)

4- The same salaries for foreign and Tunisian trainees: foreigners are paid less than the third of the Tunisian wage

The Mobilization of Doctors:
Fuzzy reform, uncertain future, poor working conditions, lack of status before completion of at least 9 years of study, unequal wages...

All these factors prompted the OTJM to first decide on a 3-day strike after the vote at the GA of February 2, 2018. It was agreed on a protest sit-in will taking place on February 8, 2018 in order to denounce the negligence of the 4 syndical claims.

In front of the government unwillingness, the strike will be prolonged during the rest of February: appointed as "the month of the anger" as well asearly March. However the night shifts were carried out and emergencies continued to work normally.

In addition to minor protests and media coverage includingNews channel France24, this militant course has experienced 3 collosal events where the number of protesters exceeds 3 thousands:

=== Sit-in Kasbah - Thursday, February 8, 2018 ===