The idea of charity is still omnipresent in thinking about international assistance. The word ‘donor’ is a witness of that: some countries ‘donate’ or give; they do not see themselves as owing something to other countries or their inhabitants; nor do they see themselves as partners in a shared effort. …
Health is a human right. But in the rural areas of the West Bank, access to health services is considerably reduced by the Israeli occupation policies. Their goal is evidently to oust the Palestinians living there into densely populated enclaves fully controlled by Israel and geographically separated from each other. This film shows how medico's partner PMRS nevertheless manages to provide basic health services to these cut-off communities. …
This year again medico will be part of the German Public Health Congress Poverty and Health taking place in Berlin from the 6th to 7th of March. We invited partners and other well know speakers to …
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Medico partner Comet-ME, an Israeli-Palestinian organization providing basic energy services to off-grid communities using environmentally and socially sustainable methods, has just opened its new …
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At Yangon Film School, Myanmar’s first and only film school, young documentary film-makers courageously ignored the Burmese rules of the game at a time when pushing the limits was still harshly …
The Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD), Medico International – Germany, the Campaign for Just Mining (CJM) and the Association of Journalists on Mining and Extractives (AJME), …
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Pregnant women in Sierra Leone have a legal right to free medical care. But the country lacks hospitals and midwives to provide it. The government refuses to use revenues from the extractive sector for health care. The reality of mining makes a mockery of any social policy agenda. …
The People´s Health Movement-Latin America (MSP-LA) and the National Front for Peoples Health - Ecuador express our deep concern about the processes that threaten the rights of peoples, communities …
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Adèle Kirsten, Local Government Action, and Tshepo Madlingozi, Khulumani Support Group talk about the massacre of Marikana, their ambivalent relationship to the ANC, white capital and social movements in today’s South Africa. …
The European Union imports fifteen times more from Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory than from Palestinians themselves, a new report from a coalition of 22 …
Medico's total budget for 2011 was € 20,234,329.46. This is a further slight increase on the previous year, due primarily to extensive reserves for projects for which funds were provided in 2010 …
The life of the people in Shaeb Al Buttum, under Israeli occupation and without water, electric power and proper roads, is a little better after installing a solar and wind power system. The …
For more than 40 years Medico International has been championing the human right to health. Together with our partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America we are striving to achieve living situations that allow the best possible level of health …
