The concept of International Health refers to more than just controlling pandemics. It refers to an internationally shared responsibility for health perceived as the well-being of all. …
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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medico international has been campaigning for health to be recognised as a human right for more than 40 years. In 2010 alone, the Frankfurt-based aid and human rights organisation provided funding …
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The signatories of this letter represent a wide range of public interest groups that are committed to the realization of the right to health worldwide, and highly value the constitutional mandate of …
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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: …
At every intersection in the 15-million-strong metropolis of Dhaka armies of tricycle rickshaws jostle through the inevitable traffic jam, even mounting the pavements if necessary. It’s …
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The devastating cholera epidemic of 2008 in Zimbabwe, in which thousands of people died, was the worst consequence of the dramatic situation facing health in that country. This disaster is primarily …
medico’s cooperation with the activists of the Guatemalan health and community organization ACCSS began during the fight against the military dictatorship in the 1980s. medico supported indigenous …
Itai Rusike works for the Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) which is a civil society network advocating for a functioning and just health system in Zimbabwe. The director of the medico …
The Right to Health is easily proclaimed, signed by all valid Human Rights packages or defined as unavoidable in progressive constitutions, such as in Brazil or South Africa. Politicians and …
Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the early 80s, debates about the right measures and justified resources in order to deal with an imminent health threat, haven’t been as heated as they …
The unprecedented medical progress of the recent decades has almost completely bypassed the majority …
Drugs should be a blessing to mankind. But does drug research come up to its own expectations? The …
Documentation of the one-day symposium on global health and intellectual property, May 10th 2007. …
The alternative global health report, Global Health Watch 2005-2006, collects information and …
In principle, the Millennium Development Goals relating to health make sense. Unfortunately, …
