People are inevitably captivated by disasters. Television, online media, social networks and newspapers report immediately from affected areas. In just the first three months of 2011, the earthquake in New Zealand, the flood in Australia, and in particular, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan provided shocking images. Extreme natural events such as the tsunami on Boxing Da y 2004 as well as the earthquake in Haiti and the flood in Pakista n both in 2010 have had catastrophic effects on the affected regi ons. The frequency and intensity of such extreme events have increased alarmingly in recent years. But did the disaster risk also increase? …
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As representatives of organisations working on campaigns for health and social justice, of academia, governments and multilateral institutions, we gathered in New Delhi from 2nd to 4th May 2011, from …
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The International Campaign to Ban Landmines was founded in 1991 by medico international in cooperation with the Vietnam Veterans of War Foundation. In 1997 the International Campaign to Ban Landmines …
2010 was the bloodiest year of the war in Afghanistan, with the civil population the hardest hit by the violence. For development aid organisations working in the country this was a reason to …
The People’s Health Movement (PHM) was founded in December 2000 in Savar, Bangladesh. 1600 people from 93 countries came together at the premises of medico’s partner Gonoshasthaya Kendra: …
Fatal Transactions is an international consumer campaign, calling on the public and other interested organisations to ask governments and companies involved in extractive industries to implement effective controls to ensure that the trade in natural resources does not finance or otherwise support conflict and economic injustice in Africa. The campaign wants to raise awareness and increase understanding of how western companies are involved in conflicts in Africa through buying natural resources from combatants. …
The unparalleled medical progress over the last years, the increase of average life-expectancy, the growth of biomedical knowledge, the availability of effective drugs – all of this has passed by the majority of the world’s population almost without leaving the slightest trace. The premature death of nearly 12 million people could be avoided. Rethinking the global policy on medicines is necessary and urgent. medico works towards this aim. Ensuring access to essential medicines is imperative …
When Medico International and its partner organisations founded the International Campaign To Ban Landmines, no one had expected that it will trigger one of the first global civil society campaigns. …
International banks and large-scale enterprises have for decades been making money with the racists Apartheid regime. Credit provisions have enabled the Apartheid regime to suppress the people of …
