medico international

For 50 years medico international has been promoting 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.

In 1997 medico and other members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Mexico

Autonomy and Health

Oct 20, 2026 | The Zapatista communities have started building a clinic. medico is supporting them.

Comment

Why the EU is opening itself to blackmail

Ein Angehöriger des spanischen Militärs hält an einem Zaun Wache, während Menschen durch das Wasser waten und versuchen, nach Spanien zu gelangen. Ceuta, Spanien, 31.07.2026. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Aug 3, 2026 | In the wake of what happened in Ceuta, we need to rethink European migration policy progressively. By Valeria Hänsel

Interview

Destructive Phantom Pains

Eva von Redecker

Aug 5, 2026 | Philosopher Eva von Redecker seeks explanations for the global rise of authoritarian forces.

Settler Violence in the West Bank

Subsidized Impunity

Israelische Siedler attackieren das Dorf Turmus Ayya in der Westbank

Jul 30, 2026 | Under the guise of the war on Gaza, settler violence and confiscation of Palestinian land have dramatically expanded. By Riad Othman

Interview

A Safe Space

Aktivistinnen der medico-Partnerorganisation Phephisa posieren fürs Team-Foto.

May 20, 2026 | In South Africa, the Phephisa Survivors Network organizes survivors of gender-based violence. But that's not the only danger these women face.

Latin America

Back to the Future

Nachdem Interimspräsidentin Delcy Rodríguez eine Amnestie angekündigt hat, hoffen Angehörige von Gefangenen vor einer Polizeistation in Caracas auf deren Freilassung.

Feb 23, 2026 | The US attack on Venezuela is bringing back memories in Latin America of an era that was thought long gone.

Decolonizing the Green Transition

The Shark Island peninsula off the harbour of Lüderitz in southern Namibia.

Aug 20, 2026 | Unequal economic power dynamics continue to reproduce the structures of colonialism. Genuine sustainability and meaningful cooperation, by contrast, can only emerge when all parties have an equal voice and an equitable stake in shaping the future. An opinion piece by Sima Luipert.

Palestine

The war that never ended

Shuja‘iyya im Osten von Gaza-Stadt während der kurzen Waffenruhe Anfang 2025

Jun 25, 2026 | Whilst the violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank reached a new high in 2025, the war in Gaza continued with unabated severity. By Riad Othman

Editorial

A spectre haunting us

Bildmotiv Sonnenblume, Leitartikel medico rundschreiben 2/2026

May 31, 2026 | Fifteen years on from the Arab revolutions, the region is sinking into war and violence. What happened? By Radwa Khaled Ibrahim

Global Health

Ebola Is A Political Failure

Einem Junge wird Fieber gemessen.

Jun 11, 2026 | Once again, Ebola has East and Central Africa in its grip, and once again it is being treated as a natural disaster, with no social causes. But Ebola is a political event.

Attack on Iran

Dog-eat-dog world

Mar 4, 2026 | If you talk about peace, you have to actually do something to achieve it.

Global Health

MAGA meets Health

Nyumbani Children's Home, Karen district of Nairobi, Kenia Februar 2025

Feb 23, 2026 | Since leaving the WHO, the US has been pursuing its own brand of health policy on the African continent

Mexico

Autonomy and Health

Oct 20, 2026 | The Zapatista communities have started building a clinic. medico is supporting them.

Decolonizing the Green Transition

The Shark Island peninsula off the harbour of Lüderitz in southern Namibia.

Aug 20, 2026 | Unequal economic power dynamics continue to reproduce the structures of colonialism. Genuine sustainability and meaningful cooperation, by contrast, can only emerge when all parties have an equal voice and an equitable stake in shaping the future. An opinion piece by Sima Luipert.

Comment

Why the EU is opening itself to blackmail

Ein Angehöriger des spanischen Militärs hält an einem Zaun Wache, während Menschen durch das Wasser waten und versuchen, nach Spanien zu gelangen. Ceuta, Spanien, 31.07.2026. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Aug 3, 2026 | In the wake of what happened in Ceuta, we need to rethink European migration policy progressively. By Valeria Hänsel

Palestine

The war that never ended

Shuja‘iyya im Osten von Gaza-Stadt während der kurzen Waffenruhe Anfang 2025

Jun 25, 2026 | Whilst the violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank reached a new high in 2025, the war in Gaza continued with unabated severity. By Riad Othman

Interview

Destructive Phantom Pains

Eva von Redecker

Aug 5, 2026 | Philosopher Eva von Redecker seeks explanations for the global rise of authoritarian forces.

Editorial

A spectre haunting us

Bildmotiv Sonnenblume, Leitartikel medico rundschreiben 2/2026

May 31, 2026 | Fifteen years on from the Arab revolutions, the region is sinking into war and violence. What happened? By Radwa Khaled Ibrahim

Settler Violence in the West Bank

Subsidized Impunity

Israelische Siedler attackieren das Dorf Turmus Ayya in der Westbank

Jul 30, 2026 | Under the guise of the war on Gaza, settler violence and confiscation of Palestinian land have dramatically expanded. By Riad Othman

Global Health

Ebola Is A Political Failure

Einem Junge wird Fieber gemessen.

Jun 11, 2026 | Once again, Ebola has East and Central Africa in its grip, and once again it is being treated as a natural disaster, with no social causes. But Ebola is a political event.

Interview

A Safe Space

Aktivistinnen der medico-Partnerorganisation Phephisa posieren fürs Team-Foto.

May 20, 2026 | In South Africa, the Phephisa Survivors Network organizes survivors of gender-based violence. But that's not the only danger these women face.

Attack on Iran

Dog-eat-dog world

Mar 4, 2026 | If you talk about peace, you have to actually do something to achieve it.

Latin America

Back to the Future

Nachdem Interimspräsidentin Delcy Rodríguez eine Amnestie angekündigt hat, hoffen Angehörige von Gefangenen vor einer Polizeistation in Caracas auf deren Freilassung.

Feb 23, 2026 | The US attack on Venezuela is bringing back memories in Latin America of an era that was thought long gone.

Global Health

MAGA meets Health

Nyumbani Children's Home, Karen district of Nairobi, Kenia Februar 2025

Feb 23, 2026 | Since leaving the WHO, the US has been pursuing its own brand of health policy on the African continent